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VOLUME
3,
SL E
MARCH 1 9 69
NUMBER 7
H� I N C K L E Y -R E S I G N S
On Thur sday, Mar ch 20th , Edward C. Hinckley,
S ta t e Departmen t o f Indian Affa ir s re signed.
Commi s s i oner of the Ma ine.
The follow ing i s a copy o f a Jetter
of explana t i on s e n t by Mr. Hin ckley to var ious Indian off icials and others
intere s t ed in the Indian Departme nt.
"I have ju s t r e s igned as Comm i s s i oner o f Indian Affa ir s.
was no t made at
demand s .
the reque s t o f G overnor Cur t i s ,
It wa s ba sed on
Thi s de c i sion
nor be cau se of leg i sla t ive
the conv i c t ion tha t t he p o s i tion of Commi s s ioner
(as i t now ex i s t s ) and my capab il i t i e s
(wha tever they are ) don' t ma t ch.
I have a s trong
"I have no o t he r job in s ight and no s pe c i f i c plan s.
de s ir e
to c on t inue my edu c a t ion and t r a in ing in commun i ty developme n t and to
I hope to be able
have a chan ce to re-examine my own thought s and feeling s.
to continue working with Ind ian s if there are way s I can be o f serv i c e t o
I have made many c l o s e
them.
year s and the i r
support
3�
per s on a l fr iends in Ma ine during the pa s t
and enc ourageme n t ha s been exc i t ing and e s sent ial
to me.
"Gove rnor Cur t i s ha s promi sed to under take a s ign i f i c an t n a t i on-wide- re
cru i t ing e f f or t
to obtain a new Commi s s ioner and ha s al s o sta ted h i s
int en
t ion of u til i z ing the serv i c e s o f the 3 Tr ibal Governors a s a s creen ing com
mi t t ee
to approve any appli cants..be fore appointmen t .
Departme n t will c on t inue
In the me an t ime,
the
to fun c t ion.
"From tho s e o f you who are d i s turted or d i sappoin ted at my de c i s i on, I
a s k pat i e n ce and under s t anding.
I believe t h i s de c i s ion wa s the be s t po s
s ible one that I cou ld have made ,
bu t only t ime will te ll.
(Signed)
Edward C.
Hinckley
Commi s s ioner
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
The following are minu t e s of a meeting betzween Governor Kenne th M.
and the Gove rnor s p f the Passamaquoddy and Penobs cot Indian Tr ibe s;
Cur t i s
G overnor Curtis said he has been advised there is approximately $2,000
left in the Department of Indian Affairs account.
There are about $17,000
in bills that haven't been submitted to the state.
At present the
Departrrent needs $94,000 in order to complete the fiscal year that ends
June 30, 1969.
The Governor plans to �sk the Executive Council for $4,000 a week
e ach week, starting next Wednesday, to pay for the costs of maintaining
the welfare program of the Department until the lsgislature acts.
In regards to the Indian Commissioner, the Governor said his resig
nation is something he decided to do.
He was not fired, nor was he asked
�- 2 Rodney L. Scribner, the deputy commissioner of finance and adminis
tration, wihl assume the responsibilities of the comu1issioner, ra king
sure that all programs initiated by Corru:iissioner Hinckley are continued.
Scribner hns been working with Hinckley in the past few months in an
effort to keep the books balanced.
He was also a member of the legislature
in the last session and werved on the Appropriations Committee.
also a Certified Public Accountant.
The
S94,000
Legislature has informe
the Governor it
fund request until they are convinced
the
He is�
vill not approve the
books of the dep,rtmant
are straightened out.
In
nutshell,
a
commicsinner.
the Governor said:
We are broke,
and we have no
Hinckley told the Governor he decided to leave his post
because he felt the problems between the department and the legislature
might be straightened out faster with him out of
the picture.
The Governors of the tribes,
and thiir aids,
things could be straigh\ened out as
concerned.
For one tl1ing,
the
pointed out th�t several
far as r-i.dmjnjstering the funds are
I ndians now have to go to
to meet the dep�rtruent's repre entatives,
a
Calais hotel
and they feel he should be wore
accessible to them and be on the reservation.
Governor Curtis snid he will institute
n
search for
new com�issioner,
a
trib�l governors and a represent�tive from the Personnel
but he wants the
Department to form a screPtling committee to review all applicants for
the
job.
He also wants to meet period· c;i.lly with the
keep
abreast of any problems on the
"Later
reservations,
I8d like to see a time when the
this program,
or parts of it.
be able to receive
There is
a check every
IndL·ns so they 11iay
or vith the
departwent.
Indians themselves administer
o reason why the
qu rter from the State,
Indians shouldn't
then adwinister
its use tre same way anyone would handle their accounts."
Governor l"iitchell then told the Governor ho:1 upset he was th think
that a prohlem that had been in the making for yec.rs,
the feet of the legislature,
tration because he
door to the
should come
and was laid at
during Governor Curtis'
ad .•inis
was the first state governor in history to open his
indi.ns and really try to do something for them because he
recog1d.zed that their problems vrnre problems for the •,1hole state,
just the
Indians.
not
He said that Comruissioner Hinckley has been the first wan who has
been able to muster support for the
Indians from all
state's societies, and he has recruited new
action grouvs and the re,t.
segwents of the
groups froill churches,
He asked that Commissioner hinckley be asked to
social
!ithdraw his resig-
n ation.
Governor Stevens said th�t his people are very uiset about Hinckley's �e��
leaving
and said his people don't
1ant to go back to the old
ways,
they
want to continue the programs that Hinckley has started to help them
get
back in step with tl1e rest of the Nation.
Hinckley •
•
•
•
The Governor of Maine said that he will l.:e
ble to keep Hinckley,
"If Hinckley would stay on the
fine with me",
job,
in sowe capacity,
it would be
the Governor said.
"We are having growing pains in this new
"the Gov.ernor
desk to hurt this
(Continued
glad to do anythi11g possi
but he pointed out that his resignd.tion ap:"'ears
to be final.
ment,
They don't want to lose
"He is the only one who ho.s stood up for us."
said,
"but
department,
on page
10)
de1).,...rtment of state govern-
if the legi.sl.g,ture ever puts
a
bill on my
I wj 11 veto it and 11·t.n.ke sure the veto holds.
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E D I T
THE
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R I
A L
S
•.AHlE INDIAN NEr·i.SLETTI:;R
EDITOR:
( mrs. ) Eugenia T. Thompson
( Penobscot )
News and stories may be submitted to the Newsletter for publication
at the f ollorling address: -Maine Indian Newsletter
42 Liberty Street
Gardiner, Maine
04345
Tel.
532-5435
*****
*****
It doesn't take great men to do
things, but it is doing great things
that makes men great.--Arnold Glasow
*****
TJillTTS
In constitutional law, a person
chosen by the people to represent their
several interests in a lGgislative
body is called Representativ�.
The meuber o f the Penobscot In
dian Tribe a.nd the 1.iember of the P as
samaquoddy Indian Tribe elected to re
present his tribe at the biennial as
sembly of the Legislature shall receive
a cou ensation o f
500 for such attend
ance and travel at each legislative
session for 20 trips to and from his
place of abode at the same rate as
state employees receive, end allo 1ance
.for meals and housing expenses as any
other member of the Senate and House
of Representatives for 20 days' atten
dance at each legislative session.
Now• Albert Dana is the Passama
quoddy Representative at: the Legisla
ture, yet he represents tTio groups
'
of Pa ssamaquoddy Indians.
This is
difficult as each group is governed
by a governor and tribal council, and
each may have differibg views on
legislative bills.
This may be why
Albert Dana chose to say that he did
not always speak on legislation in the
manner the two Passauiaquoddy reserva
tions had ins tructed him.
Albert traveled far to represent
his tribe at these recent legislative
hearings.
He is an e ffective speaker,
and spoke on each bill Before the Cow
llli.tteP.
In order to be more e f fective,
united approach and unified support
should be the desire of each governor,
ach tribal council, and each tribal
*****
We want �o thunk.tho Beta Sigfila
Phi Sorority of Jiscasset for their
help in putting the Newsletter to
gether last �onth.
If there are
other groups interested in doing
a service please contact �e, and we
can j3 lan to put the Ne111Sletter to
gether in my howe or wherever you
meet!
*****
How about contributing to the
buying of a second hand bus so that
the Indian children on Indian IsJa nd,
Old Town, Maine can continue the�
tutoring program at the University
of Maine.
The :J?rograw started by
the VISTAs which broµght the college
students to the Reservation, now has
gotten so big that unless a bus can
be had, the program will have to !:J e
dropped or have the children w�eded
out.
The children o f allgrades have
profitted il.Ilii.iensely by this program.
If you would like to contribute
Hathew. 18..tchell
write:
16 Oak Hill Street
Indian Island, Old Town,
Haine 04468
"'*** *
FtASH REPORT
As thi s Ncwsletttr goes to press a last
utc report was rGceived of a meeting on
rch 28th regarding construction fu nds f•"'
Gov. Curtis, Ac ting Ind
Indian schools.
ian Affairs Commissioner Scribner and Edu
·
cation Collll�issioner Logan met w ith me_ be �
of the Appropriat ions Committee to seek a�
ditional funds to complete construction of
new school buildings as originally planne
thru last June's bond issue referendumQ
Scribner said he was encouraged by the
meeting and further discussion is planned
As soon as legislative
for next week.
plans were conpleted, a further announce
ment will be nade, he s2id.
FLASH HFJ'ORT
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTI•1El\IT
State of Maine
AUGUSTA---Following a meeting with
represent""'..tives;
Governor Ker neth l'.
Indian Governors and
Curtis today confirfi1eQ. that
he had been informed by Commissioner Edward Hinckley that he was
resigning as Commissioner of
Indian Affairs.
As a te�porary
measure , Deputy Commissioner of Finance and Administration,
Rodney
L.
Scribner,
R
whould be na�ed Acting Comillissioner of
Indian Affairs .
Hinckley's resignation has been announced as final and not
dependent upon its
acceptance by the Governor.
Curtis said that
dealings with Maine
"Hinckley has shown true compassion in his
Indians and
I will insist that the new Com
missioner exhibit the same feelings of concern."
marks were
A nationwide hunt for
stituted, Curtis stated.
consisiting of three
Willard R.
The curtis re
contained in a letter to Bi11ckley.
new
a
Indian Commissioner will be in
A screening committee will be created
Indian
governors and State personnel Director
Harris.
"In the meantime," Curtis continued,
no lapse in administration,
"so that there will be
I am c..ppointing Rodney Scribner as Act
j ng Gommissioner and directing hi.1 as his first order of business
to institute
Affairs.
to the
an accounting procedure for the Department of
Indian
I am al90 directing him to give high priority attention
establishment of already Federally-approved Housing Auth
ority projects
on the reservGtions and the ironing our of fin
ancial difficulties
As further
over the building of
assurance that there
administration and development of
Indian schools."
�11 �
no slowing down in the
Indian progrdras,
and that an
orderly transition will occur, Go vernor Curtis stated he had asked,
and � .r.
Hinckley
had agreed to
serve on in an
as a special consultant to the DepcJ.rtwent of
interi!il basis ,
Indian Affairs for
progr�m developments.
Curtis stated a coun6il order is �ing
to the Executive Co lnc..i l.
nPxt
ual arrrngeruent.
(Continued
on
page
10)
v1c<"lr
for
prepared for submission
npp1:oir.q_l
of
thjs
contract-
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
in 1836 gave Maine the right to sell
or lease the Treaty lands, defying a
currently there is a deficit in the
law passed in 1834, m�king it a crime
Budget of the Department of Indian
to traffic in Indian.· lands without
Affairs. Tle allocation of additional Federal per �ssion. Is this a white
funds �ith which to implement the
man's way of stealing legally.
11:Je
program of the D .I.A. is an urgent
hold these truths to be self evident".
matter. The State must res .ond sens First our land, then our Language,
itively and res)onsibly to t he posi
which by the ay has a Gr.:i.m1n- tical
tion of Edwerd Hinckley who ects in
str.ucture, next the culture wany are
The
behalf of the Indian Community.
trying to preserve.
�ill the white's
D.I.A. vuich ha�:received �uch crit
and hinorities always be sparing particis from Indians and non-Indians
ners.
alike, must be allowed to function
Mrs. "F:rne Yarmal
and frow.
1e must not wake the mis
**
take of pre-judgement, all new in
Dear Editor,
stitutions wust be given the oppor
tunity to grow �nd evolve.
Indi8n
It has be�n c:tsked frow. t i ,e to t:L..e,
Self-governllient is the 3'>&1 of wy
�hat has happened to t�e various Indian
people with the help of people like
Crafts and why aren't the Indi�ns mak
Mr. Hinckley.
Is it this go�l that
ing these things c..""..S ::uch as they ..se to.
the State is trying to swather?
This can be �nstered in verJ fe �ords,
a d t11e....,e
orJs E.re 11cheap foreign im
While we were under the Departwent
ports".
of Health & Jelfare, t1ey ere sup
posed to respond to the needs of In
I have traveled in several st�tes cind
./e nere and in
dians in the State.
it see us the:' t en·v :.- t s_ u�.: tk. t 1
many instances, still are colonized
ever visited had Indian Cr�f ts that
people in every sense. of the term,
were 1�de in Japan or so·e other1Asian
being held down by unjust power. We
country.
are not all�ved to control our own
destiny in our Com.ruunity.
An atti
tude of paternalism pervades the re
....
I consider myself a good craftsfilan
lationship between the State and the
when it comes to carving and painting,
Inti:ian Commurity. Being "iJards of
but the going prices of these cheap im
the State" lit.err:.i.J_ly mee.ns "Under
itations, I find it impossible to com
the Thumb of the St.::..te of Maine."
pete ·with them.
I believe I can speak
We need power to make our own deci
for many of the craftsman when I say
sions, our Tribal elections do not
this.
really give us the power to m�ke necessary changes. The State has not
r have seen soMe of these imports which
been sensitive to our desires in
�holesale for about �6.00 per doz. reterms of immediate and priority needs.
tailed at three tiwes the wholesale
Why is is necessary that the Affairs
price. Speaking for uyself I find it
of Indians hGve to be resolved by
impossible to cowpete with these prices.
non-Indians who are so far re·oved
le can't place the entire blAme on the
frou the scene?
"ihy is it necessary
gift shop owners as the genuine Indian
to have the will and resolve of the
Crafts are dying ou�, due to the inIndian people ratified by their colability to compete with the low import
onizers?
Our petitions go un-noticprices. However something should be
ed and ignored. Token gestures and
done about the imports and the false
broken promises have been made to
labelings.
Our lands have
pacify the Indians.
The state and Government often mention
been stolen from us, we've been reself help programs, why couldn�t some
duced to paupers. The State's Resolve
(Continued on page6)
Dear Editor,
.
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( Letters
continued from page 5)
money be loaned to start a program
go barefoot.
Now to surumarize,
with
all of these cr�fts that we h�ve, isn't
that would eventually become a self
supporting and profit making one?
I
(<61)0'
it worth considering the possibilities
th,:t
I have mentioned.
Sincerely yours,
am
certain th�t with
many of our
a
Gilbert " Jerry" Francis
little help,
108
Indians could be self em
ployed in the Co-op, in the same man
ner as our Cherokee Brothers.
In
F.S.
this uanner the gift shops that sell
imports would then be able to discon
tinue the imported Indian line, as the
genuine would then be more available
at competitive prices.
I have � line
of at
ties
15
leAst
I
and
different
find that
I
(
Indi\n novel
have yet to
.ditor's note:
the Maine
Federal
Legisle;1tion as follows:
U'ts and Crafts Bourd
in this paper
who for yearG
I re�d an article
1
e.bout a business u:ian
went to the
g ve
t that
reoervation and
misleadin� inform
ation about the cost of
�aking
mbcdA
sins.
He spoke of the high cost of
leather and the need for a cutting
I l�ve for s eYeral years
made slippers,
boots nnd vurious type
of
wear with out the ben
Indian foot
6.
displays
Jr. oever ,Ifillfully offers or
for sale any goods,
no machjnes.
)
particular
Indi�n �roducts of
Indian tribe or group
resident within the United States or
person knows sucb
products or are not
of the particular
shall be
whea such
goods are not
I
ft.
I can make
At
38¢
per sq
slipper that whole
a
$2.50
per pr.
Indi�n tribe or
fined not more than
group
$500
or
i1iprisoned not more than six months
or both.
6
Evidence of viol�tions of Section
of the Act should be directed to the
per pnir depending
Bentation may also be reported to the
Federal Trade Commission,
Avenue at 6th Street,
�nd still
N
• .
Pennsylvania
if.
on the
Something can be done about the
leather and style.
and the false lab�lings.
It was mentioned
/ashington
D.C.
th�t go all the way up
that handse�ing·was
I understand th�t outside of
but
very little
sonal loan,
training or skill.
Being
foreman at a local shoe
knov1 that it tRkes . a cer
the illaii1e
a
per
Indian cannot
hold his land on the reservation up
for collateral.
If there is any In
dian interested in such
tain amount of both.
imports
Something
can be done also about loaning money
somthing that any one could do with
a hand sewing
Indian
Indian products
These
per sq foot on up.
make a line
a
pA.ttcn1s
38¢
I
with or
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, U.S.
I have
that require Dep�rtwent of the Interior, ifashing
ton, D.C. 20240.
Cases of ·risrepre
can buy le�ther from
efit of any m�chinery.
hand cut and z.1.::l.de
factory
In
dian nnd Eski· o arts and crafts),
the Territory of Alas�a,
has used the name of
Passamaquoddy Brothers.
$30
In
(to pro
specifies as follows:
go
in my opinion
to
The
tect the consu er and �reducer of
Indian _roducts or
sales for
No.l
without any Government tr�de �ark, as
Several months
machine.
1,
In Vol.
Indian Newsletter cited the
Act of Congress which created the
Sec.
incentive.
time, he
Maine
Keep up the good work.
dian
scratch the surface .
In fuY opinion
the field is practically unlimited,
as long as wan has imagination and
our
Essex Street
Bangor,
project,
a
I believe the Small Business Admin
The Penobsc0t
Indians have for yecrs
worked at shoe making and
the best craftsman.
�re some of
1'Lerefore it
would take very little
start a small shop at
r�:i
t:rt.ining to
Indian
Isl?nd,
and to train our uther neighboring I
Lets rerae,Jber that
Indian Brothers.
before macuinery,
we
Indians did not
istration Qight be the place to con
tact, and that is located under the
U.S.
Governwent in your phone book.
The new Com.r;mnity Development Consul
tant,
r.:d11vard C ,Rinckley .;:i.ay well be
the person to cont�ct at
108
Indian Affairs.
Grove St.,Au6usta. Tel.
(Continued on page
7)
289-2831.)
��Letters
continued
from page
(?)
6)
am the
I
I ran across this item in a
r.ade Magazine
and
iobile Ho ..ie
Reservation.
thought it might be
J.
Garfield homan
Overseer
I have been wondering if
Reservation
ny
housing
Perry,
problem that we
so complete
They
and comfortable,
are
base
·
Lucy Poolaw
(Princess
Old Town is in
al in Bangor,
the
she
I hofe to meet you
sometirue ,
I
/atawasso)
John
is
alre dy
82 .
kno
This is my
first opportunity to read
your wonderful Ne1sletter,
and
a
free.
perhaps you
-
from
Taylor Bospit
I am glRd to know there is such
ask you if
newsletter.
I
other names
be very
Sincerely
, aine
our invitation to our
readers is still open for you to come
and visit �nd talk w ith us of
.
;l:i:A. C1
Indian
several interest�ng
visits over a cup of coffee.)
glad to get your newsletter.
Yours very truly
Chief Peter
Indian
Rexton,
highly of hr.
letter to Gov
a
I spoke very
Edward C.
Hinckley who
I think is a very capable
an,
both
personally and as a Commissioner.
On overspending.
�e here on this Re
servation are not so well off as Peter Dana Foint or Princeton Strip, or
Old Town has the shoe fact
Old Town.
ory and other sources of Employment.
Peter Dana Point and the Strip have
/oodland also the G oergia
ployment.
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�.B.
Indians in Calif,
Canada
thought you
filight like to put them in
the news
letter.
l·1r.
Gilbert Ketchutt1 of
is spending the
ed
Kenneth Curtis.
Pacific.
Barlow
w,
Indian
Isle
winter in San Jose,
with his daughter,
hr & hrs Jc:.wes Hunt.
end son in
Also visit
his neice (Phyllis Nie ole.)
and
_
fia�ily in San Fr�ncisco.
have sent
the Jviill at
l�ine
1
Dear Editor,
I
J.
Island Reserve
Enclosed are two notices concerning
Calif,
++
Recently
�
Dear Editor,
Augusta ·1obile Park
l.
uave
also send two
/I#
Bob Stone
�e
will
I know these peo1�le will
new issue of Ne,sletter.
ings.
th.
and
I can get your wonderful
and Mr. Thompson
Augusta,
so
I am sending uy nawe and address
h�ve been interested in
note:
a friend
to me today
letter it is very i:.1for.uative,
your work and look forward to eac� nnew
(Editor's
Sr.
Poor
iviaine
of mine hand one over
board hot water heat and very trouble
Another item,
•
Dear EQ.itor,
I have lived in one for five years here
I love it.
•
Pleasant Point
,obile Hoilles
adv ntage in the
have here in i;e.ine.
in the park and
Point
Thank you
10)
could be used to
and know
�oor
the
Overseer of
difficulties here on Pleasant
the
interesting to your readers.(See page
ernor
Einckley still do
admiration for Mr.
Dear Edi tor,
I had
Former Head Council hember,
a
As
here have no means of em
also stated to the Gov
ernor th�t as far back as
I can remem
a CorI111 1issioner going from house to
T his proves to me his keen
house.
ber
interest in the
Indians and their needs.
Oakland,
�ass i<;.mma Nicola
became the
Cora,
Calif
h�.rc11 1, 1969
(Penobscot Tribe)
bride of l'tr.
Conrad
(1dinnebago Tribe).
!tiss
L De
Nicola
is the daughter of the late Horace
and JVirs.
r icola of Conn.
Granddaughter of
Leo Shay of the
Nie ala,
Penobscot Tribe.
Silver
ton,
Hass and
Boston,
She
graduated from
Lc7-ke Regional Bigh in Kings
and is
Fisher
Jr College, .
�re�ently employed as
secretary for Kaiser Engineer in
'
Oakland.
The groom graduated from Ninnebago
High in �innebago,
Haskell
Nebraska,
and
Institute of Lawrence,
and is employed in
Oakland. The
(Continued on page
8)
Kansas '
�{Letters continued from page 7)
newlyweds were given a wedding dinner
(8)
at the home of the brides cousin and
family !Ir & Mrs Francis Nicola of San
Francisco.
Enjoy the Newsletter
very much there
least five of us here in Calif
know of who look forward to it,
are at
that
I
and pass it around to some of the
other 'firibes th t live here.
Dear l1:di tor,
sent to Governor Curtis with reference
to press c 0U11,1en ts about the number of
Indians
presently sup orting the de
partment.
I
think your colin ..ents were very timely
Francisco,
••
your attempts to set the record straight.
Sincerely,
Calif
F.dward C. Hinckley
Commissioner
Dept. of
Indian
�ould you send me the
I am part Iiic
I am interested in it as
1Ve have been friends
the 1£tter.
about
for about 5 years.
•
to se:
Indian's and
set up a Vjllrige as there is NONE
here in N.H. and have it fix so it
be
ca�'t
sold.
of N.M.
What do you think of
that?
note:
I'll tell you
I think of it ·after you get the
land and set up
a
village and see the
I'd like to be kept posted as
find
you would like to call me you
In
I have ledrned of a bit of
(F.ditor's
address or postumark,
of this person,
father's
The above
note:
note came on a postcard
Jith out
so if you know
let us know and �e'd
be gla:d to send him a newsletter.)
??
to
I am going to give you my Phone no.
doz.
a
get to meet.
John Hinkle
P.S.
AUNT LOU I S DEAD A T
your developments.)
so if
we
Sincerely yours,
Sounds like a fascinating idea,
deed.
I hope
reserv�tions.
lines.
That way they will
(Editor's
in the 20ies
.and has grown 3ith contacts in
d ian blood on both ,,1other f.
always have it.
what
you letter,
i 1y interest started when I
e would like
to get come iand for the
I'� grateful
Learning of your good work
and would like
was in the Dniv.
nerald Morin was the one who told me
Affairs
Ilaine
Dear k!ditor,
please.
Hae.
Ind i a n
Augusta,
·
newsletter.
I appreciate
and well-expres.sed and
I understand there is a Indian news�
letter up there th t is rrhy I am
writing to you.
Here what I want to
ask you.
Thank you very �uch for the co�y of
your letter of February 2nd which you
Phyllis Nicola
Mrs.
San
Dear Editor,
Old Town-111Irs.
Lucy
86
(nicola)
86,
Poolaw 1
You vnll be more than welcome to. wife of Bruce Poolaw, died ,.fednesday,
She
March 19, at a Bangor Hospital.
I hope these few lines will find you
was known as Princess ·1atawaso.
I have meet
in the best of health.
can •
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some Indi-ns
at
that are goidg to school
the St. Paul's school here in Con
There names are Keith r<!iller,
cord.
Tribe Sioux,
and Robert Abrams,
Seneca Mohawk.
boys and
these Boys.
know
Okla,
He is gain� to the Lenox
tv1ass.
Indians from NY,
Conn.
�1ic
any of
Do you kn�
School in Lenox,
I
They are very nice
I also meet a N-si.vajo,
heal Benson.
Tribe
. ·Jell
I
Poolaw was born on
June 22,
1882,
Indian
Island,
daughter of Joseph and
Elizabeth Nicola.
During her lifetime
she had visited in nearly all states
in the union,
lecturing and si ging
Indian songs for her people.
Mrs.
Poolaw was one of the first to
record for RCA Victor ith her operiatic
Pa,
NH,
guess
RI,
I will !:ring
this letter to a close.
Take care.
Mrs.
Yours truly
"l
voice.
scot
She was a member of the Penob
Indian Bcptist Church,
served as pianist
and had
and orga.Rist at the
church for the past 25
years.
She
was
�( Le tters
continued from
page 8 )
(9)
willing to pay a reasonable fee for
a p a s t pres ident o f the American Le
brochures or m2terials.
2 member
I n d i an Tribe
and
had been a member of the Tribal Coun
· 1 for many ears.
I am & fourth gr ade teacher so am
l i�ite d as to the tiwe I can spen d
i
g on Auxi llia ry ,
Old T o wn ;
o: the Penobscot
�
I
Surviving besides her husband, ere n
nie ces and nephews. Funeral services
1 e re held S aturd ay at the B ap tist
Church, Indian Island, with the Rev.
F ederic k Ludwig officiating.
··
in research for my term paper.
You are to be co m ..ended for your work
.
I enclose a self-addressed envelope
for your convenience in answering.
Thank ¥ou for your consider ation of
·this request.
/I
rr
(Editor's
Dear Editor,
·1cnt to Boston i: ia rch 20th.
Your s tr ul y
l�s. Ada B. Packard
Jeff er son,
11aine
I raust apolo gi ze for
note:
using your letter in the Newsletter,
1iJen t to
see Cowboy Show in Mu s ic Hall, Hith
Mrs. Pauiine Gabriel, Stella Neptune,
Alberta Cleaves, and Mrs. Philo 11ene
Dan a.
A lso Mr. & ��s. Dana went to
Chinese restau r a nt , and �. Dana's f
fortune cookies read as follows. "You
are demonstrative with those you love.11
and "You w i ll be awarded so me great
honor.
1rs. Dana's read "You are the
pioneer and leader, and your pr esent
pl;:ms are going to s ucceed. 11 Oh, by
the way the show was 1111: rty Robbins,
David Houston, Ferlon Husky, and Tam
my 'Naynette".
Si gn .lie as the g i r l on the road
Philomene Dana
and also for i.wp r ornp t consideration
of your request,
but tL1e and sup_;)l i
cs
are much to be desired.
Many stu
dents rrite to me around term paper
time and as much as I would like to
help them �ith beir pa pe r s, I find
that about all 1 can do is to type
the stencils for the leWsletter, Ofen
u1ail and c ha se tvvo little ones around.
·
I am presently w orking a Bib l io gr aph y
of in formation about t1aine Indians,
but I assure you that you could get
this information sooner throygh the
State of i "ia ine Library.
Also contc::.ct
�ith the Tribal Governors on the three
reser vn tions.
I w ou l d be gl ad to send
you a co�y of the Ne �sle tter. )
! !
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Dear E ditor,
The art icle in
ye s terd a y 's "K,J." about
your activities concerning the Jv1aine
Indian Newsletter interested me. I am
presently t aki n g a course in the His
tory of f'iaine and have selected for .
the subject of my term paper "The
Haine Indians".
Dear Edi tor;
I note that ·�in �
Indian Newsletter
to expire imuiediately.
(Sub
sc � i p ti on ? )
I would gre � tly a p � recia te your c o n t
is due
i nuing to send ule this 'JUbli qation
for the next ye�r.
It is of very con
siderable interest to us here.
F,arly history of the Indians seem to
be recorded in several histories of
However thete se�6s"t6.be n�
l�ine.
no recent accounts of their activities
and welfare.
I have obtained a few
of the publications from Mr. Hinckley's
o ffi c e .
Is there anyone on either reservation
to whom I could write for information
about the present day activities and
Perh�ps you would
living conditions?
have some informntion you v1011ln he
I am
willing to send or lo�n me.
Si ncere l y ,
Kenneth E.
Dept.
Kidd
of Anthropology
Trent U niversity
Pe terborough ,
( Editor ' s hote:
Ontario
Canada
Yes, we will contin�e
I n d ian Ne wslett er to
you.
�e have been sending about one
hundred cowpli; 1enta ry subs c ript ions
to various �eoples, organiz a ti ons ,
pub lic a tions , lack of interest has
hrilvu<i this list. �le will put you bar:}:
on the lint if you so desire. )
c ail in g the �a ine
�NAV
JOS GET TWO SUNSETS FOR MUSEUM
(10)
Tw o new Sunset recreational vehicles
were given t o
avajo Indian officials
f or the purpose of stcrting a museum.
One unit, a 2 2' Sunset travel trailer,
�ill be used as a traveling museu@
and will c ontain samples of b oth m od
ern and ancient Navajo art, in addi
ti on t o a c ollecti on of hist orical
and cultural inf ormati on.
other unit, a Sunset truck-mount
was presented to Navajo Park
ranger Ben Price.
The camper was
mounted on a 1968 GMC pick-up truck
which was d onated by Enric o M ot ors
of Gallup, New l·iexic o and the G1"1C
truck and c oach division of General
M ot ors, P ontiac, I·1ichigan.
The
camper,
A� ong the Navaj o officials attending
the presentati on was Charles Damon,
asci st.ant. departiu.en t head of the parks
and recreation department of the
Navajo Tribe.
Damon is als o a member
of the Centennial c om1ittee c ommem
orating the Navaj o's lOOth Anniversary
of signing the Treaty of Peace with
the Americ�n g overrment.
Meyer Katzman, chai�man of the b oard
l'lf Commodor� C orp orati on, Omaha,
Nebraska, made the f ormal presentati on
to the Indians and the ranger at thee
Southwest Mobile H ome and Recreation
al Vehicle Show in Dallas, Texas.
The museum will be taken t o shows and
fairs around the country.
T o offset
the. c ost of travel, the Indians will
sell rugs, truquoise and silver jew
elry, literature and centennial s ou
venir items.
(Fr om
H�bi�e �ome �rade
�a�a�ine,pl02)
g oing and �eet all the requirements
of the federal g overnu1en t i@nedia tely
so th· t this can hap L-ien.
Give all p ossible attenti on
3.
to the ducation �rograms on the re
servations."
F oll owing this �eeting the G ov
ernor end the tribal representntiv r.
went to lunch,
et Hinckley at the
cafeteria and resu�ed their c onfer
ence vii th Hiuckley present back in
the G overnor's office.
The only u1e1nber of the Execu
tive C ouncil who happened tm be here,
Judge Darey, w,s called in, t o o.
As further assurance that thP ·�
will be no slowdown in the adtni n i �
tr ati on and developu1ent of Inrli::i.n
pr ograms, and th· t
n 01·ciPrl y t1 aw=:i:nor Curtis
ition will occur, G
stated he had asl·ed and iJr. Rinck ey
had agreed to serve or in an interim
basis as a s�ecial c onsultant to the
Dpeartment of Inainn Affairs f or pro
Curtis stated a
grc.lm developmcut.
C ouncil order is being prepared f or
submissi on to the Executive C ouncil
next week f or up roval of this c on
1.
__
tractue.l arrc.nget1ent.
(Continued fr o1 page 4)
Scribner, a mefilber of the 103rd
Legislature, where he served on tre
Appr opriations C ommittee, has long
been a fin�nci�l advisor to Curtis.
Curtis als o disclosed that he
had written t o Sehat or J oseph Sewall,
C larim �n of the Appropriations C om
hlittee, and leaders of the 104th Le
gislature, informing them that as of
the present, all ap�ropriatcd assist
ance funds f or the Department of In
dian Affairs f or fuis fiscal year had
Curtis indicated
been obligated.
w ould seek a Council order
that he
f or an emergency transfer from the
c ontingent account at the rate of
$'1000 a week in order to maintain
the Departwent services to Indians
until a m ore permanent s olution can
be found through legislative ap
(MINUTES OF .ME�THG
c ont. from page 2)
"None of us here are i·e:::;r1onsible
f or what has happened in the p�s+. �00
years, but we are responsible f or wh��
proprl.Ation.
hGppens from now on.
"I c ommit myself. to seeing
"I have directed Mr. Scribner
t � at th�re is n o curtaiJment or
t o d o three things first:
interrupti on of prot;-rni11s on the
Stra�ghten ou t the accoun�P
I.
lnrii An r ecP t· vu�; nns," Curtis c on
of the dep2rtment.
clud�0.
Keep the h olls ng progrA..m
2.
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PLEDGED TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS
AUGUS TA (AP) - New scho o l faci l i ties wi l l b e bui l t as p lanned on the
Indian Township Reserva t ion near Pr inceton (and on the o ther 2 Reservations )
even i f add i t ional funds have to b e ob tained from the legis lature, Gov . Curtis
said Tuesda y .
" I have every in ten t ion o f seeing. tha t w e d o n ' t skimp on t h e s ize o f
the bui ld ings a s au thor ized by t he 103rd legis la ture and t he peop l e , " the
governor reported.
He was r e ferr ing to $ 73 , 000 a l l o t t ed the Indian Township
Reservati on
for new scho o l fac i lities as par t of a cap i t a l improveme n t s b ond
issue for Maine Indians last year.
( These funds for the Township, p lus
add i t ional funds appropr ia t e d by the 103rd legislature , were to cover costs o f
c onstruction f o r a mu l t i-purp ose r o om and 2 c lassrooms on the Township.
In
t h e b ond issue appr oved $ 103,000 f o r 2 c l a ssrooms and a multipurpose
room at Pleasan t Poin t , and $ 73 , 000 for a multi-purpose room and 1 c lassroom
addi t ion ,
at
the Penobsc o t Reserva tion. - Ed . )
Cur t is r e p lie d t o a l e t ter by Gov . John S t evens who heads the Passamaquorldy
t r ibesmen on the Ind ian Township Re s ervation , near Pr i n ceton .
( S e e February
Newsl e t t er , pages 22- 24. )
S t evens had complained abou t a r educt ion in the
amoun t of add i t ional scho o l space to be bui l t b e c ause o f an increase in c onstruc
t ion costs.
" There's a possib i l i ty tha t we migh t be ab l e to
find additional funds
in the c onstruc t ion r eserve ac coun t o f the governor's con tingency fund," Cur t is
said.
" I f it's t o o sizeab l e , we could ask the leg islature for a supp leme n t a l
appropr ia t ion , " Cur t is sai d .
He added t ha t he hopes " t o see
the day when the Indians are se l f -govern ing
and have their own scho o l b oards."
(From t he Bangor Dai ly News ,
3/ 5 / 6 9 )
I ND IAN SCHOOLING I N U. S . AS SAILED
by E. H.
WASHINGTON , Feb .
18
Kenwor thy
- For near ly five hours today a ser ies of witnesses
to ld a Senate sub comm i t tee on Ind ian Educat ion tha t ,
in their view ,
the on ly
good Bureau o f Ind ian Af fairs wou ld be a d isman t led Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Commen ts made by several sub commi t te e memb ers ind i cated tha t they agreed w, i t h
t h i s evaluati on.
Whi le
the hear ings we re in progress ,
the Whi t e House issued a statemen t
t ha t Presid e n t Nixon "has under considerat ion a study of t he Bureau of Ind ian
A f f a irs" prepared by Alvin M.
Mr.
Jose phy ,
Josephy ,
Jr.
an e d i t o r of Ame r ican Heritage bo oks ,
is a l ong- t ime stud e n t
o f Indian h istory and pf t h e prese n t cond i t ions o f American Indians •
Whi t e House said
that Mr.
•
•
•
The
Josephy's r epor t "is highly crit i ca l o f the struc ture
and opera tion of the Bureau , " and tha t one o f his chie f cri t i c isms is " tha t the
Bureau is or ien ted toward t he use o f land rather than toward the l ives of peop le."
Mr. Josephy , t he Whi te House said , has re commended "major restruc t uring
o f the Bureau."
Whi l e the Whi t e House d id no t say so , it 1is known tha t Mr .
Josephy proposed
tha t
the Bureau be
taken out
of the D e par tme n t of the In t e r ior
and p la c e d d ire c t ly und er the exe cu t ive o ff i c e of the President.
The Senate Sub commi t te e on Indian Education ,
a par t of the Commi t te e on
Labor and Pub l i c We l far e , was f orme r ly headed by Rober t F. Kennedy.
assaRsination ,
his b r o ther ,
to make him chairman ,
S enat or Edward M.
and they agr e ed .
The t hr e e days o f hear ings that opened
today are an ext ension of those held in 1 9 6 7-68 by Rob e r t Kennedy .
ings produ c e d f ive vo lumes o f t e s t imony , mos t of it
prov ided
for Ind ians und e r the d ir e c t ion of
(From the New York Times ,
2 /1 9 / 6 9 )
Af t e r his
Kenn edy , asked his c o l l eagues
cr i t i c a l of
the Ind ian Bureau •
•
Those hear
the educat i on
•
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GUE S TS FEATURE A T IND IAN CLUB
W I LLIMANTIC - Two
s tuden t s of We s l ey an Univer s i ty were gue s t s at a mee t ing
of t he Nor t h Ame r i can Ind ian C lub he r e t h i s week .
Erne s t in e Yarma l of
Plea s a n t Po int R e s erva t ion ,
Me . ,
is a Pa s s ama quodd y .
S he h a s b e e n a r e por t er for the Maine Ind ian News le t t er , and daugh ter o f
t he c lub ' s l a t e Med i c ineman Jo s e ph S o c oby (Bedag i ) , who d ied i n De cember .
i s a t t end ing an thr o p o l ogy c la s s e s and working w i t h Pro f . Wa lker ,
on Pa s s am� q 1 1 odd y Ind i an l a n gu age at
the Mid d l e t own s choo l .
G l enn La zor e o f the
S he
as an in forman t
S t . Re g i s Ind ian Re s ervat ion in upper New York s t a te
s and
t he Ind ian De c l ar a t ion s ong , demon s tr a t e d the Rob in Dance and per formed
He i s a t tending
a few t r ib a l chan t s , ac company ing h ims e l f on the tom- tom .
We s l ey an and has made Ind i an s inging and chan t s his hobby .
New o f f i ce r s named were Pre s id en t ,
Por t l and ;
ham ;
S e c r e t ary , Mr s .
Tre a sure r ,
Kenne th Smi t h
G e r a ld ine Frapp ier
Mr s . Max in e Tomer
( Chi e f S tr onghor s e ) o f _
( Pr i n c e s s Sun s hine ) o f South Wind
( Pr ince s s Go lden Ro s e ) o f W indham ;
and Med i c i n e
man , Rus s e l l Hun t .
Ro l and F r appier r e t a ined hi s o f f i c e of cha irman o f ttc Exe cut ive Counc i l
wi th Ka therine G ar l and a s s e cr e t ary .
Other Coun c i l memb e r s are Mar ion Smi th ,
Por t l and ; D e nn i s Me r chan t , W i l l iman t i c ;
Car l s on , Ledyard • • • •
(From the Norwich
SLIDE S ,
Ber t ha Ra t�bun ,
( Conn . ) B u l l e t in ,
Co lumb ia ;
and Raymond
2 / 20 / 6 9 )
S PEAKERS TELL S TORY OF PLEASANT POINT IND IANS
by Mary Lac y
Lou i s Doy l e ,
was
c o ord inator o f Ind ian S e rv i c e s f o r t he D i o c e s e of Po r t l and ,
s p e aker a t the Wayn f l e t e S c ho o l January
gir l s ,
2 9 th .
W i t h him were two Ind ian
Mi s s V i r g in i a F r an c i s and Mi s s Regin a Nicho l a s .
B o th are at t end in g
Mar i e Jo s e ph. Acad emy in Bidde f ord .
D o y l e showed s l ide s of P l e a s an t Po in t ,
Pa s s �ma qu oddy Re s erva t i on in e a s t Wash ing ton Coun ty .
Re serva t io n s d a t e b a c k to
peop l e t h ink ,
a lways
the
governme n t owned .
l ived on .
l a t e 1 8 th cen tury .
They are no t ,
a
as mo s t
They are pi e c e s o f l and that Ind ian s have
Though thi s l and b e long s
r i gh t s have been abu s ed s ever a l t ime s .
to
the Pa s s amaquoddy t r ibe the ir
The Ma ine Cen tra l Rai lroad runs
b e h ind the s c ho o lyard aAd beh ind hou s e s .
Thi s wa s an agreeme n t s o l e l y b e tween
t he s t a t e and the r a i lroad wi thou t the con s e n t o f the Ind ians .
From the d i s cu s s io n a f t er t he f i lm the
They b e l i eve t h a t many Ind ians have
c ope w i th the whi t e s o c ie ty .
felt
two g ir l s expr e s sed t he ir o p in ion s .
s t ayed on r e s erva t ions b e cau s e
i t n e c e s s ary t o wa i t b e fore
tryihg to go ou t i n t o t h e wh i te s o c ie ty .
Though Ind i an s pay a l l t ax e s that o ther Ame r i can c i t i z e n s do
proper t y tax e s )
un t i l 1 9 6 0 • • • •
Yet
they wer e n o t a l lowed
through a l l
they can ' t
Un t i l the Ind i a n s are b e t ter educated the g i r l s
to vo t e f o r
a
( ex c e p t
congre s sman or a pre s iden t
the in j u s t ice s done t o t hem one may a s k why don ' t t4ey
s p e a k up and . make t h e ir gr ievan c e s known ?
Tha t ' s not the Ind ian way , ac cord ing
to the s p e aker s .
They are a pat ient p e o p l e and d on ' t wan t to do any thing
un t i l they are b e t te r edu c a t ed .
Then they wi l l know how to approach i t .
(From the Por t land Evening Expre s s ,
2/ 1 5/ 6 9 )
POW -W:OWS
May- 30 , 3 1 , June 1 - Comb ined Pow-Wow of t he New Eng l and Found a t ion f or Amer i c an
Ind i an C u l ture and Ind ian League of the Amer i ca s , at Toma quag Mu s eum , on Burd i c k
Wr i te Fred Hickman ,
v i l l e Road , 1 2 mi l e s nor t h o f My s t i c , Conn . , o f f Rou te 9 5 .
10003 , i f you wan t to par t i c ipa t e .
Room 8 0 3 , 1 U n i o n S quar e We s t , New York , N . Y .
July 1 1 , 1 2 , 1 3 - New Eng l and Pow-Wow As s o c ia t io n comb ined Pow-Wow of Nor t he a s t
( Cont inued on Page 1 3 )
�/
(13)
( Co n t inued from Page 1 2 )
Found a t ion f o r Amer i can Ind ian Cu l ture and D e s cendan t s o f Amer i c an Ind ian s ,
Ep som , N. H .
Th i s year wi l l feature "Ea s t ern S inger s ' ' f o l l owed b y "'He s tern
S i ng er s " and g ene r a l danc ing .
Augus t 2 , 3 - Ame r i can Ind ian Federat ion Pow-Wow ,
La faye t te , R . I .
F o r d e t a i l s wr i te Na shaweenah ,
Ind i an Ha l l Ground s , Rou t e 1 0 2 ,
Ti l l inha s t Road ,
Box 8 7 3 ,
E a s t Greenwich , R . I .
Augu s t 9 , 1 0 - Ind ian League o f the Americas Four th Annua l Pow-Wow at Ind ian
Land , Earryv i l le , N . Y .
Dancing , s inging , s a l e s b o o t h s , ple nty o f parking
and camping space .
See Fred Hickman f or d e t a i l s .
(From the ILOTA News l e t ter , F ebruary ,
1969)
POLI TIC S I N INDIAN AFFA IR S ?
( The fo l l ow ing i s t aken from t h e s o - c a l led "hor s e b l anke t ' ' - a verbat im repor t ing
o f l e g i s l a t ive d i s cus s ion - of t he Ma ine Senate for March 1 8 . 1 9 6 9 . - Ed . )
On mo t ion by Mr .
that
of Cumber land ,
B erry ,
ORDERED ,
the Hou s e concur r in g ,
the A t torney General i s d ir e c t ed to inve s t ig a t e the re por t e d ove r - commi t t
men t o f appropr i a t ed fund s in the Depar tment o f Ind ian A f f a i r s and take such
fur ther a c t i on a s may b e prov ided by law . ( S . P . 4 1 1 � whi ch wa s r e ad . )
The PRE S IDE N T :
The Chair r e co gn i z e s t h e senator from Cumber l and , Mr .
Berry .
Mr .
s i tu a t ion ,
BERRY of Cumb er l and :
Mr .
i f it can be c a l l e d that ,
The
Pr e s iden t and Memb e r s o f t he Sena t e :
in the Ind ian Affairs Depar tment has pro
gre s s ed far b eyond the point tha t i t can be to lerated by
cont inue in i t s pr e s ent me thod .
the Leg i s l a ture t o
The f inan c i a l prob l ems f ir s t came to l igh t in January of
1968 ,
at whi c h
t ime a repor ted d e f i c i t o f $ 1 8 , 000 in t h e commi tment o f the Ind ian A f f a ir s
Depar tment was repor ted .
Commi t t e e ,
In my capac i ty
a mee t ing o f intere s ted peop l e ,
as Chairman of
the Appropr J n � i on s
to call
and t o s e e tha t s u c h ac t i on migh t b e taken
a s would preve n t a repe t i t ion of i t .
1968 .
then ,
I fe l t i t incumb en t upon m e t o take cogni zance o f the f a c t ,
Such a mee t ing was he ld on February 2 ,
In a t tendance a t the mee t ing was a repre s e n t a t ive o f the Governor ,
a repr e s ent a t ive o f t he Execu t ive Counc i l who was re spons ib le for i ind i an A f f a ir s ,
the Commi s s ioner o f F inance and Admin i s trat ion , the Ind i an Commi s s i oner , t he
Legi s la t ive F inance Of f i ce r ,
the S ta t e Atto r n e y Gener a l .
at this mee t ing tha t such an overdra f t d id exi s t .
forgo t ten .
I t was d e termined
Promi s e s were made and soon
I t had been my impr e s s ion , as a r e s u l t o f tha t mee t ing , tha t the Exe cut ive
Depar tree n t would from then on b e in fu l l charge of the s i tua tion and that such
a d ev e l opmen t woul d no t r e cur .
Thi s January this Le g i s l ature was pre s ented w i th a $ 50 , 00 0 overd r a f t , an
ove r - commi tmen t of fund s appro pr iated by the 1 03rd Leg i s l a ture for the o p er a t i on
of the Ind i an A f f a i r s D epar tmen t .
La s t we e k we were t o ld tha t the $ 5 0 , 000
has b e en inc r e a s e d to $ 90 , 000 .
Today we have every rea son to b e l ieve tha t
we are go ing over $ 1 00 , 000 .
Cer t a in ly , as e le c t ed repre sent a t ives of the people , and as succe s s o r s
t o the l 0 3rd Leg i s l a ture whi c:h appro pr J A t ed mon ey for thi s D ep ar tmen t , we canno t
to what i s go ing on , and I am sure we sha l l n o t b e .
What an examp le , what a p a t tern , what a rou t e to f o l l ow f o r o ther d epar t
men t head s : I f you think your cau s e i s j u s t , spend a l l the money you w i s h .
I have wr i t t en to the A t torr cy
We l l , I d on ' t think thi s i s wha t the l aw s ey s .
be b l ind
and I wou ld l ike to read h i s l e t t er !
�You have a sked i f there is a v i o l a t ion o f law when a depar tment head
incur s f in an c i a l ob l ig a t ions again s t the S ta te in exce s s of his depar tme n t al
appro p r ia t ion , and you have fur ther a s ked wha t pro cedure s hould be f o l lowed
Gener a l ,
if it
The oper a t ive s e c t ion o f the
i s d e c id e d that a v io l a t ion ex i s t s .
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found i n Ti t l e S o f the Ma ine Revi s e d S t a t u te s , Anno tated ,
wh i c h I quo te
Ti t l e d
to you in ful l as
S e c t ion 1583 ,
f o l lows :
' Ex c e eding approp r i a t ion s prohib i ted .
No a ge n t or o f f i cer o f
t h e S ta t e or any d e par tme n t or agency thereo f , who s e d u ty i t i s t o expend
money und e r an appr o pr i a t i o n b y the Leg i s l a ture ,
on b eha l f of
s ha l l c on t r a c t any ob l iga t ion
t he S t a t e in exc e s s o f the appr o pr i a t ion .
Who ever
ex ceed s in
his expend i ture s aid appro p r i a t i on sha l l no t have any c la im for re imbur s emen t . '
this
And the s e c t ion c o n t inue s , ' Any such age n t or o f f i cer who s ha l l v i o l a t e
s e c t ion s ha l l b e gui l ty o f a mi s 4me anor and , upon
co nvi cti o n , be fined
a sun equal to
such
exc e s s of appropri ati o n by him expended and imprisoned for
no longer than eleven months in the di scretion of the court .
All pro s e cut ions
under thi s se ction sh all be by i nd i c tm ent and the f ine s inure to the St ate . 1 11
The At torne y Genera1 1 s letter conti nue s : 0 Per sons who d e al wi th a depart
ment he ad who ov ers end s an a pprop ri ati o n de al at the i r own peril and would have
no c laim agai n st th e Stat e.
If the dep artme nt head in ques i o n i s in violat:i ori
of S e ct io n
he wi ll be f ined and impri soned accordi ng to i t s t erm s .
As
1583
to pro c edur e ,
if a c omp l ai nt were made to t hi s deparb11e nt of suc h a vj el ation,
alt ernat iv e but to pro s e cut e und er th e l aw . 1 1
I would h av e no
say s
I was somewhat
di snay e d to read i n t h e p re s s t hi s mo rni ug that the C
-overnor
he is c onvi nced th e re i s no wr ongdo ing .
th at t he r e i s wro ngdo ing .
I o ould use
I think th er e is
stro nger langu ag e .
se r i o u s que stion
I also und Pr stand
that th e Governor i s in po s s e s sion of th e r e si gnat i o n o f th e head of the Depart
ment o f Indi an Affair s .
'Ihe
would
situation is
se riou s , Mr.
ru gge st to the Governor that
Pre si dent
matte r may l ay i f t hat i s what i s d e s ir ed .
any d eb a t e a s i s indi c ated ,
Kat z .
In thi s spirit I would inv it e
Governo r .
Th e Chai r recogni z es th e Senator from Kenneb e c ,
Mr .
KATZ o f Kenneb e c :
The
t able .
PRE SIDEN T :
The
Mr . Pre si dent ,
Senator from Kenneb e c ,
MILLS of Franklin : Mr .
Presi dent ,
que s tion i s out of d eb at e at thi s po int ,
or der
Senator Kat z , moves thi s order
from Kenne be c ,
1'1r.
The
The Sen ato r i s c orre'ct .
The
No que stion abo ut thi s
Chai r r e c o gni z e s the Senator
S en ato r Kat z .
KATZ o f Kenne be c :
but if t he re
motion .
The Cha i r recog
I reque st a poi nt o f o rder :
i s it not ?
can be di s cuss ed fur th e r at th i s time .
The PRESIDENT :
Senato r
I move th i s order b e placed o n the
be p laced on the t abl e .
Is th i s the p l easure
f th e Senat e ?
ni 7. e s t he Senato r from Franklin , S enator Mills .
Mr.
I
and t h ere the
and would su gge st t h at th i s matt e r be tabl e d for
two w e ek s pending a c tion on the part of t he
Th e PRESIDEN T :
and Men.b e r s of th e Sen at e.
he a c cept t hi s res i g na t io n,
is
Mr.
Pre s id ent ,
perhap s I he sit at ed not long enough,
furth er debat e may I a sk p e rmi s si o n to withdraw my tabling
The PRESIDEN T : The Sena tor from Kennebec, Senator Kat z , a sk s t h at his
It i s a
moti on to t able be wi th dr awn .
Is t hi s the pl easure of · th e S enat e ?
vote .
The
Chai r
r e c og ni z e s the Senator from Franklin,
Mr . MILLS o f Franklin : Mr
Pre sid ent ,
tak en p la c e i n t h e l ast f ew minut e s 0
Senator Mill s .
I was r ather di st r es s ed
I t seems t h at
by
'\\h at h a s
somebo dy ha s been i ndi cted
and p rac ti c ally tried and found guilty in th e words of one of o ur d i stingui sh ed
c o lleague s .
I th ink it i s a pr actj_c e that shouldn ' t be encouraged .
I rat her qu est io n t h e devi c e of t hi s o rd er .
to b e u s ed a s a
c lub of s ome
It now app ears that it i s
so rt t o bring about something in th e Exe cutiv e
Br an ch whi ch t h e Executive Branch i s perfe c tly competent to go ahead ·wit h .
Now you do n t t h av e t o pa.ss a n or der t o tell an atto rney g eneral t o d o h i s d uty .
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If t he Attorney General h a s g o t infonJa tion a bout the v
lolation o f laws of
this State , he do esn ' t h ave to h ave a complaint f ile d by thi s bo dy in the
fo rr.i of an order .
I s ay to th e Attorney General he re in t hi s r e co rd t hat i f
h e h as go t evi den ce i n fro nt of him o f a vi olation o f law h e do e sn 1 t h ave to
wait for a compla int .
No pro s e cutor has to wai t f o r a c omplaint ;
sworn ducy to go ah e ad .
it i s h i s
And I do n ' t think th e s e legi sl ative h al l s should b e
us ed f o r what appears t o b e soue po li tic al motivation her e .
I don ' t think
that a ny p ro s e cutive b ranch of thi s State Goverrmcnt nee d s a complaint to b e
filed on the p art o f thi s body .
ne ce s s ary , that i s anoth er t h ing.
If we f ind a legis l ative inv e st i gati on i s
:.
I think if we ar e go ing to go
at d epa rwent h e ads for over s t ep ping their
bound s in t he way of appropri ations that that is a oommendabl e t hing . t o do ,
but I kind of shudder at st arting with th e Indian s .
I ne an, we have got a
pr et ty poo r im ag e in r egard to our treat!!lent of the Ind ia n s over t he ye ar s , a m
i f w e have got t o p i ck a d e pa rtment h ad and i f we have got t o pi ck a n are a o f
Stat e gov ernment wh ere there i s abu s e o f the noneys that we appr opri ate , ge e ,
let ' s look s omewh er e b e s i de s at the India ns if it i s po s sible to do so , be c au s e
our hand l ing o f the Indi an question o ve r th e
centuri e s h a s not b e en go o d ,
and
le t 1 s not s et o l.ll' s lv e s up a s pe ople who are r eady to clamp d own on them again .
At le ast ,
that nay not be t he c as e , but thi s i s the p i c ture we h ave g ot , tha t
i s th e image we have got wi th t h e nation at la r ge , as pi cking on a very,
sraall minority tu ck e d down in the corner of the State .
very
Let ' s go
Party too ,
into c aucus on thi s in the Repub li c an Party, and in the Demo c r at i c
a nd s ee i f we can ' t c om e u p wi th s anething r e asonable , and le t ' s
not get our selve s into a polit ic al ha s sle with Republi c an s against De:nocrat s
over a fight ove r t he Indians .
say to the
Let ' s t ry to be r at io nal about it .
And I
Attorney Ge ne ral th at for t h e next two we ek s he hasn 1 t got to wa it
for t h i s o r de r ; if he h a s got sone violation of l aw f a cing him , he ca n go ah e ad .
He cbe sn ' t have t o wait f or thi s legi slativ e branch to t ell him that we want
a c r minal inve stigati o n o r we are going t
fire s ome one .
Th e PRESIDENT : The Chai r r e co gn i z e s the Senat or fron Ctrruberl an d, Senator
Berry .
.
BERRY of Cunb erl and : l· • Pre sid ent and Me obers of the Senat e : I don ' t
lik u t o debat e m y ordt:: r but I c .:mnot allow th e comment s of the go o d S enato r
from Franklin, Senato r Hil ls , r el at ive to the pro cedu r e of t h e Attorney General
to go unanswer ed .
If anybody co ipl ai n s to the Attorney Gen eral , he will
fo llow up .
No one ha s coraplai no d to him , and such f ac t s have no t b een b rought
1r .
offic i ally to h i s a tt enti n .
I cL1 su r<..; the Attorney General wi ll do � his duty
as and v.hen it is indic at ed .
i f,
The PRESIDEN T :
Kat z .
ifr. KATZ o f
The Chai r re cogniz e s the Senato r from Kenne be c ,
Kenneb e c : I� .
Pre sident ,
Senator
I move thi s o rde� b e pl aced on t he
t ab l e .
The PRESIDENT :
The s�nator froo Kenneb ec ,
order be pl ac ed on t h e tab le .
Is thi s th
Senator Kat z , nov e s th at thi s
ple a sure of the Senate ?
Fo r what
purpo se doe s the s�nato r r i s e ?
l ir . REED o f Sagadaho c : To re qu es t a division .
The PRES I DENT : All th os e in favor of the ;not ion of th e SE:nato r 'from Ken
ne ec ,
s�nator Kat z ,
tha t th i s ord e r be pla c ed o n the t ab le wi ll r is e and re7
main st anding until c0untcd .
All tho s e oppo sed will r i s e and r a:iai n s t anding
unt i l counted .
A divi sio n was had .
Scvcnt en SPn;:i,t.ors havi ng vo ted in the a ffi nnative
and fourt e e n Stnator s having voted in t he m J ga+.i Y e, +.h e mo t.i n pr vailed Ei!1d
the Order wa s t abl�<i , pavi i n g P11.ss ::i.ge .
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TWO
MA JNE IN DIANS SELECTED
FO R LEADERS-UP PRCGRAM
Mr s . Eugeni a Thomp son, edito r of the Maine India n N ews letter and a member
of the Penobscot Tri be , and Mr . Wayne Newell, .Ameri c an Fri end s Servi ce Comm · ttee
fieldwork e r and m snber o f th e Ple a sant Po int Pass am aquoddy Tribe, have b een
s el e c t e d as Fellows o f th e Ford Foundation ' s Leade r ship Development Pro gram for
1969-1970 .
Thi s Leade r ship program was begun in 1966 on an experiment al basi s .
The
program id enti fies and help s develop indivi dual s from primari ly poo r no n-urban
r egions o f the Uni t ed States and part s o f Canada through financial support grant s
for an y pe riod up to o ne ye ar .
Programs for the individual Fellows selected
are pJ a m iP.d to h elp potent ial l eade rs open new insi ght s and fost e r per sonal
growth .
Fell owsh i p pr ogr ams usual ly combine a ctivi tie s like int el'n ship s , coi r r se
work , vi s i t s to model pro j ect s , wo rk experi enc e , independent study, r e searc h ,
travel and wri ting.
Funds vary depending upon activit ie s plarme d and current
salari e s .
To the ext ent po s sible, e a ch Fellowship is tai l ored to ind �vi dua l
ci rcumst anc e s . · For t h e approved pe riod, w hi ch nee d not b e compl et ed i n 1 2 con
s e cutiv e month s, Fellows r e c eive s al a ry equivale nt s and pro gram co s t s .
l'wfr s . Thompson was b orn on the Penob scot Re servation and moved to Gardiner,
Maine , wh en she was 12 year s o ld .
Aft er graduating from Gardiner High Scho ol
she obt ained a B . A . degree in p sychology from Gordon Colleg e , in Wenham , Mass .
Marri e d in 1964, her h u sb and , Kenneth, i s Deputy Commi s sione r of Ind ian Affai r s
fo r t he Stat e o f Main e .
S h e worked 5� ye ar s a s a cas eworker for t h e State Dept .
•f Health and Welf are b e fore r e signing in 1968; sh e is th e mother of t\\'O children
and is e.xpe cting a third .
I
Mr . Wayne Newell was born on the Pl e a s ant Point Re servation, attended
St . Anne ' s Schoo l at Pl eas an t Po int and graduated from Eastport High Schoo l .
H e at tended Perkins Ins t itute , Watertown, Mass . , and Eme r so n College , Bo ston,
M a s s . , and wa s employed for 3 ye ars by WABI- TV , Bango r , b e fo r e being employed
by the AFSC in the spring of ' 68.
Sinc e that time he h as been a c ti ve in youth
a ct ivi tie s, Community Ac tion Programs, and program s o f th e Dio c esean Div ision
of Indian Se rv ic e s o n all 3 of Mai ne .t s Re s e rvat io ns .
He is marri e d to the
fo:rme r Sandra C lark , of Belfast , and t h e f athe r o f o ne child .
The Ford pr o gram exp e ct s to h e lp develop new leadersh ip - for tho s e wh o
demons trate promi s e of c h an gi ng educat ion and community affair s in the next
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quart er c entury, but who are no t now o f r e co gni ze d leade rship s t ature or exper
i en c e , or al r eady in r e co gni z ed po si tions of authorit y .
While there i s no
age c ei li ng , priority i s given to candidate s under 35 and without advanced
d e gr ee s .
While per sonal growth is t he pro gr am t s primary co nc ern, th e community
and region from whi ch t he Fellows come should also benefit e ventually .
Al so amo ng th e 20 Fellows selected fo r t he 1969-1970 year from th e Maine
N ew Hamp shire-Vermont-New Brunswi ck area compri s ing th e New Engl 8l1 d regio n of
the Program ar e
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membe rs of the Male cite Tribe of N ew Brunswi ck .
PLEASANT POINT NEWS
Mr s . Eli z abeth LacQute i s confined to he r home wit h th e flu .
On March 2 , Kei t h Adam Moo r e wa s bapt · z e d by Fath er Ni ck nai r in St . Ann ' s
He is t he infant
Chur c h with Vivi an Moo re and Geor ge Bai ley as go dpar en ts .
son of Mr . a nd Mr s . Raymond Moo re .
On Sunday evening the adult party sponsored by the St . Ann t s Women ' s Club
was h eld at th e Tribal Hal l .
An enjoyable time wa s h ad by all with square
dancing.
St.
A buffet lunch was s erled .
,
6 new Pari sh Counci l · memb e r s were vot ed in by pari shone r s o f
They a r e Anna Lola, Jeanette Nep tun e , John N i chola s , Robert
On March 2,
Ann ' s Chur ch .
Newell ,
John Bai ley and Fr an c i s Sapiel .
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Si st er There s a r e turne d Satur day afternoon frora Old To�m .
remain he r e for t he next tv.o wee ks .
She will
The monthly bu siness me e ting wi ll b e
condu c t ed by Pre s . J e anett e I-Ioo re o f the Wome n ' s Club, with t o p i ·c s o f d i s c ussion
to· includ e monthly due s ,
Home Nur s ing Cou r s e , Hand Craft s and knitting.
Mr . and �irs . Wayne Newell ar e the parent s of a girl , Dorothy Ann , bo rn
on March 1 st .
6th
On lfarch
the St . Ann ' s GraIJlll ar Schoo l boys b asketball t e am played
th ei r last game in Eastpo rt with Perry ,
The t ec.rn h a s gained a l ot of expe ri en c e during t hei r fi r s t year of play .
done
fine
a
job .
He an d Hr .
The i r c o ach , F ranc i s
Ri ch ard F.hrmett , t ea cher a t St .
transported t h e boys to play d ur i ng t he s ea son .
Out o f oore than l , O(X) entri e s in the
Art Award s ,
Point .
en
Janet Lewey,
9,
"Red " S apiel h a s
Ann 1 s Schoo l ,
/
fourth Annua l B2ngor Daily News
won a m e rit award for her water color of Ple a s ant
She wa s pi cked among Grade s 1-4.
Her t e ac her is Sis ter Judith .
Duri ng th e Wo rld Day of Pray er Servic e at St . Jo s eph ' s Church in Ea stport
Fri day,
Sis t e r Judith spoke on Chri sti an Unity .
All denominations o f t he
East 'JX) rt a re a were r epr e s ent ed .
John Nic ho l as and William Altvate r , J r , , both Junior s at Shead Hi gh Sclio0 1 ,
attended the mid-year neeting o f the Upward Bound e r s at Bowdoin Co l l ege , in
Brunswick ,
ve r the week en d .
1i s s l·fary Alberta 1 i ch o l as graduat ed as a Pra c t i c al Nur se from the NMVTI
Arthur Gould
of Mr .
(
Hospi t al in Pr esque I s le , o n February 28th .
and '.fr- s . Jos eph N i cholas .
F ran The Quoddy Tid e s , Eastport,
Iaine , Iviarch
4,
1
Sh e is the d aughter
1969 . )
DRIVER EDUCATION BEGINS
Th e fir st me eting o f the Plea s an t Point Driver Educ ation cla s s was held
ionday evening, 1-far ch 10th .
The instruc tor for th e cla s s is · ir . B a rtle t , from
Shead - emor i al Hi gh S choo l in Eastport .
Tho s e att errl ing t he fi r st s s s ion wer e : Anna Lola , Marga!'et Bai le y , Cli f
ford Francis , Car elto n Lewey, �iarth a N i cho las , Anthony Franci s , Irene Lewey ,
G enevieve Neptune , Alvc;; r a Mit c h oll , Be s s i e r ae Stanley, Rebe c c a Franci s , Veroni c a
Murphy,
· 1ary
Mit chel l ,
Tomah ,
Sap i el , Norma · NE;well , Gerad a Longfellow, J o s ephine Bai ley, :Margaret
Alb e rt a N i c ho la s , John N8ptune , Dennis Lewey, David Tinker, No el
Jr. ,
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The Wigwal!l
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CAP Newsl ett e r , 3 17
DID YCU KNOW THAT
Jo s eph N i c holas i s very ill:?
the C alais
Our praye r s should b e o ffered to him .
A r ec ept ion was h eld for David and Romona So c t omah S a tu rday,
ton Lion 1 s
P e ac e
.
He i s at
Ho spital .
Club .
They were married on March 1 5 ,
1969
at t he Prince-
by t he Justi c e of the
An -organi z ational meeting for Ple a sant Po int Boy and Cub Scout s wa s held
at th e tribal hall on iar c h 16th .
Dani el Ba s s ett int ro du ced the Cub Sco t�
Mas ter , Bob Kee z er, and th e Boy S r
.out M1st e r, Holli s riat he ws .
8 bo ys s i gn e d
up fo r Cu b Scout s ,
las as A s s i stant .
Gerard
with Hr s . Na ry Altvater as Den Mothe r a n d Mrs . Franc e s Ni cho1 2 boys s igned up for Boy Scout s , with Raymond Moo r e an d
i c ho l a s a s a s s i s t ant s t o th e S cout Maste r .
Two t e acher aid e s b e gan work in iarch at the Ple a s ant Po int s c ho o l a ft e r
being approved jointly b y th e Passam aquo d dy Tribal Counc ils 1 Corr;rauni ty Action
They are Rita Altvat er a rrl
Program and the State Depa rtment of Education.
Anna Lela , who were r cqi 1 · r8'3 t.o o'P"' rt.k Pcs�- r n.r11lo 1i<ly h t ordHr t.o obtain t h e i r
p o s i ti on s .
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GOV .
CURTIS GOE S O N RE.CORD
On February 2 8th , Gov . Kenneth M . Curti s i s sued the fo ll wiqg E.x� cu tive
Order to all State Depa rtment s a nd Agenci e s :
"We are all awar e f the spe ci al r elati nship of the Indian
Tri b e s and the i r re servati on land s to t he Sta te of Mein
Spec ific re sponsibi litie s with cor re sponding appropriatio ns
are vested in c e rtain a ge n cie s , parti cularly th e Dep a rtment
of Indi an Affair s and the Department of Educ ati o n, in
regard to our Indian popula tio ns .
Many oth e r agen c i e s
work i n one fo rm o r an o th e r with
ur Indi an c i t i zens . 11
"I wi sh to stat e that it is, and will cont inue t0 be ,
the po li cy
f th i s Admini strati o n t give all pos s ible
a s s i st ance within budget and staff lir.1it ations to th e Indians
of th e Stat e , through wha tever a genc ie s are app ro pri a te . '.'
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BOOK REPORT
A valuable new book on contempo rary Ind i an a ffair s has rec ently been
It is The Am er i can Imi � T day, an anthology edit e d by Stuart
Levine and Nancy Oe strei ch Lurie , publi shed by Eve rett/E<lwa rd s , Inc . , 133
South Pec an Avenue , Deland , Fl ) rid a 3 2720 .
( April 1968 )
The 208 p age s include a brie f bi0graphy ef contributing auth o r s , a �ibli
• graphy ( Cont empo rary, Ethnologi cal , So ci0-Poli ti cal, Hist ri c al ) , an Index,
and an end-paper map showing the "Di stribution of De s cendant s of the Aboriginal
Pepn l ation of Ala s ka , C a nad a and the United Stat e s " pub li shed in 1960 by the
University of Chi c ag ' s Department 0f Anthrop 1 gr .
The content s are as fo llows :
" The Survival
f Indi an Ident i ty" - Stuart Levi ne ; "Hi sto ric a l Background "
Nancy Lurie ; " Culture and the Ameri c an Indian Cemraunity 11 - Elizabeth Clark
Ro s enth al ; "Nationali�ti c Trend s Amo ng Ame ri can Indi an s " - Shirley Hill Witt ;
1 1 P an-Indi ani sm 1 1 - Robert K . Thomas ; " Th e I so la ted Ea stern Cherokee " - Ha rriet
J . Kup fer e r ; 11 '.rlght 8hoe r ight : Oklahoma Indi ans Tod ay" - Carol K . Ra chli n ;
"Fa c tional Confli c t and t h e Ind i a n Cor:mrunity : Th e Prairie Potawatinu Cas e " James A . Clift o n; "Hi story and Current Sta tu s of the Houma Ind i a n s " - Ann
Fi s che r ; " Some Limitations of the Rena s aenc e C nc ept in Acculturation ': The
Nez Perce Case 1 1 - Deward E . Walker , J r . ; " Indi an Edu c ation Fo r What " - Ro sali e
and Murray Wax ; 11 Therapeuti c Experien c e of Re s ponsible D€1Il• cr acy11 - Henry F .
D byns ; '" An Ame ri can Ind ian Rena s cenc e ? " - N an cy Luri e .
The boo k i s available from th e publi sher at $12 . 00 retail, w ith a di s
count allowed fo r pr ofessional
r der s .
publi she d .
TWO NEW PUBLIC ATION S
in the Departm�nt o f Ind i an Aff a i r s 1 " Ind ia ns o f Maine " mimeographed series o f
info rma tion sh e e t s a re now avai lable .
Th e y a r e F o r e s t Re sour c e s o f th e
Indian Township P a s s am�'tls>d dy Res e rvati o n, by Art.hur G . Randall, pro fe s so r at
the Univers ity of i"i a ine 1 s s c ho ol of fo restry, and The Fu ture o f Indi an Edu c a.
tion, by Father J . E . Y . Levaque , OVI , president of the Canadi an Nat�onal As soc ia�
tion of Principal s and Admini stra to r s of Ind ian Re sidence s , Alberta, C an ad a .
Bo th publ icati on s a r e available in s i ng� e copi es without ch arge from
t he Dep artment o f Indi an Aff air s , St a t e Hous e , Augusta, 1aine 04330 .
DID YOU KNOW THAT
Califo rnia Gov . Ronald Reagan re c ently named Loi s Risli ng , a Hoopa Indi an, to
Hi s s Risling is a sophomore
his Advisory Committee on Chi. ldren and Yout h ?
'Ihe Cor:imi.ttee condu c;t s he arings
h i story maj o r at Sacramento State College .
and r e po rt s pe riodi cally to the Governo r ou pr obl ems of young people .
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.VoLuME 4' 'NUMBER 1
APRIL 197 1
CASE OF INDIAN CHARGED WITH FAILING
TO APPE AR FOR INDUCTION IS CONTINUED
Martin' Neptune, 20, Pen obscot
returned to Indian Isl an d , she to
Indian, who was ar rested Tuesday
finish high school , he to l earn mor
by United States Marshal s on a
about Indian history and culture.
benc h warr an t issued from the UnOn Jul y 26, 1970, he received an
order to report for in duction i:1
ited States Cour t in Connecticut
Conn ecticut but havin g don e more
on a char ge of fail in g to appear
for induction in the armed ·services, research on Indian l aws an d treat
appear ed befor e United States Com- ies, Neptun e had come to feel Indian s weren 't required to submi: to
mission er Edward F. Keith Friday
induction , so h·e wrote the draft
in the U .s.� Court at B an gor. He
board in Conn ecticut an d tol d them
rufused l egal counsel an d Cornmishe was no t coming.
si oner Keith continued the case
Neptun e, who has two bro therc
until Tuesday.
with militar y service behin d t�em,
$2,500 B ail Se t
says ahy Indian is fr ee to enl :st,
B ail was set at $2,500. He was
taken to the Kennebec County Jail , but fel t he woul d rather stay and
work with his n ative peopl e on In
when he fail ed to raise bail . The
Penobscot County Jail is n ot auth- dian Isl an d. He has been act:ve
in Operation Main str eam and v·outhorized for federal prison er s .
Present in the courtroom dur in g •oriented projects.
the proceedings we re several rep(Fr om B angor Dail y News, 2/13/71,
r�sentatives of TRIBE, In c. , an
organizat hn which has established FLASH • • • FLASH• • • FLASH
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an Indian sc hool on Mt. Desert
Isl and. T he y c ame to watch the
On Mon day, Mar ch 1 st, Mar t� n
l egal proc eedin gs as they are stu- Neptune appeared in Federal DiBtric
dyin g legal cases pertainin g to
Court in Har:tford, Connectict:-:, �o
Indian s.
enter a plea. No plea was entered
and his c ase was continued un�il
Neptun e was bo rn on Indian Island n ear Ol d To wn , then moved withMarch 15th.
Mean whil �, Martin has obta:nec
·his parents to Manchester , Conn.
se-veral y ear s ago . He was wo rking the services of l awyer , Mr. Mic'.1ae·
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an eJ ectronic componen ts factBerman , thro ugh the Conn ecti .... ut
_and r egi?tered with the Selec- Chapter of the American Cit�_{l Lib1 c -C!-0.._ ·.r i ce when he turned 18.
erties Un ion .
T ried To En l ist
M art in will n nt hR1�a to nay·
d While i'} Co1.u1c�t icut he attempt- for legal fle1Tices l t: c will h�, ..�
e to enlist in all four branchto pay f�..,.r al l court costs .�:t.i oth ..
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c�\.J""'tJns�et.
was
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dividuals.)
On February 9,, 1971, Martin
1eptune, a Penobscot Indian, from
�he Penobscot Nation, Old Town,
Kaine, was arrested by Federal Mar
�hals for failure to report for
�nduction into the Armed Forces.
A� present, Martin is out on $ 2, 500
�ail and has just returned to Conn
$ct:cut to await trial.
:n our'treaties with E n gland ,
��e Commonwealth, and the.State of
Ja ine , · the Penobscot Nation has al
Yays been dealt with as a nation
��d as an equal.
In more recent
��mes, howev er , the United· States
�overnment and �he State of Maine
�av9 unilaterally imposed their
'aws and will upon the Penobscct
�ople.
Martin believes, as do
�.uiy Indians, that the U�ited St
��es has no right to (1) force
�ited States citizenship upon In
:� an s , (2) subject Indians to Un
��ed States draft laws and (J)
�rce Indians to fight in her wars
��ainst foreign powers.
If you have any information,
�ttations to cases, or anything
�:se which you think may help Mar
t��· s position, it would be great
ly ��preciated if you would send
i� t0 e:ther one of the following
a<i.d:r�ss�"C..i
�aine Indian Newsletter
P.O. Box 55'.3
Cl1 Town, Maine 04468
CLUB HOUSE BEING
BUILT BY DONA�IONS
INDIAN ISLAND - �nother of the on
going projects on Indian Island is
the construction of a coffee house
type club for the youth fo the is
land.
The idea is the product of
young Martin Neptune, who has been
soliciting building materials and
spending most of his free time bu
ilding the 20 by 20 foot structure
that will house his club,
Called Nee-Dah-Bah Club (In
dian for "My Friend" ) the club, whf
finished, will give Indian youth �
chance for meaningful discussion
and entertainment and will give thf
a place to hang o�t.
Neptune was given 500 board f
feet of pine planks by t�e Hask
ell Lumber Company in Lincoln and
is expecting 125 eight-foot 2x4's
from another firm. He has also re
ceived close to $200 worth of mer
chandise from Old Town merchants
to use as raffle prizes to raise
money for more supplies.
A g uarter of that merchandise
earned $48 in a raffle-held Thurs•
day.
(From Bangnr Daily News,12/19/70)
WHAT WE DID WHEN WE
WENT.HOME FOR A WEEK
by
Donnie Francis
The people on my reserve are
just starting to wake .UP and re
alize that they are Indians, not
M� � Martin Neptune
mostly it's the �ro
white people
16Q School Street
Man�hester, Conn. 06040 people who are starting to realiz
th1s, for one thing they started
club called Nee-Dah-Beh which mear
A fund has been established
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to aid Martin with expenses. Con
friendship in Penobscot.
tributions may be sent to the
ugh there are still a lot of olde.,
Maine Indian Newsletter.
people who are real good Indians
In your
letter please state that your con there are still a lot of the olde·
tribution is to help with Martin's people, mostly our parents, who h
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lieve that the only way is the wr
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Very truly yours,
we are Indians not white people.
Eugunia T . Tl-wm}.>son
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THE MAINE ·INDIAN .NEWSLETTER
�Rt (Mrs. ) Eug�nia T. Thompson
Penobscot ·
Editoria l B oa rds .
Howa rd Mitche ll- P enobscot
·B la nche Lanca�ter-P�nobs�ot
Ma �tirt Neptune- Penobscot
Kathy Fe rrin
Ne ws a nd stories ma y be submitte d to
the Newsl ette r f or publica tion at
the following a ddressi Maine India n
Ne wslette r, B ox 553 , Old Town, Me.
( te1 rio. 8·27-5748 )
. 04468
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THE DIMINISHING DOMINION
By
· Kenneth c. Thompson
B efore the whit e man dis
cov ered Maine, The Penobscot
Tribe of India ns roa med this
land
They hunted, t rapped,
fished a nd planted-where the Y
ple�sed.
Their territory s�ret
ched f rom Penobscot Bay upriv er
a long bot h sides of the Penobscot
River a long t he East Branch.
beyong Mt. Katahdin and into
the Allga sh region to the west;
Contributions a nd gifts made to the
and alon t he Ma ttawamkea g Stream
Maine In�ia n Ne wsle tte r a re t�x de
ductible� ( IRS sec. 170, & sec. 20 55, and on int o the East B rach of .
the Penobscot Riv er to the ea st .
2106, 2522.)
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TERMINATION TODAY ?
In the Maine Time s, Ja nua ry 29,
1971, the a rticle written by WHl ia m
La ngele y , I ma ke note tha t either
the a rticle writer forgot to pla ce
the Departme nt ·o f India n Affa irs in
the proposed reorganizat ion pla n
of the sta te gove rnme nt, cre a ting
11 de pa rtme nts in pla ce of the cur
rent 226, or the governor f orgot.
If the gov ernor fo rgot, he forgets
th� ve ry basic principle on which
t he Sta te of Ma ine was f ounde d ,
found under the Trea ty o f 1820.
Maine continue· s to shirk its
original . respons.ibility , by ignor
ing its original own·e rs. Ma ine wa s
s upposedl y founde d ·on true princip
le s , but continuousl y chaeg·e s its
pr incipl�si unt il we now fe e l like
prostitute s , se l l ing ourse lv es for
a piece of bre a d, Pe rha ps it woul d
be be be st if we we re not part of
t he immoral , iconocla stic, and il �
le ga l . s tate gove rnrn�nt, but rat �cr
if we held our own .re ins over ou�
o�n a f fa ir s , our own land , a nd our
·
own pe ople , a nd le t t he Maine peopl e
s uffer ove r its high·ta xe s , pol ut ion
of t he wate rs , a ir , l ands, a nd e ve n
the food.
Sipsis
Pe nobscot Nation
India n Is l a nd
The Penobscot knew how far
t riba l la nd extended and how
far into neighboring tribe 's
land they could penetra te �ith
immunity. Within these tribal
boundaries each family ha d a
designa ted hunting area whic .h
supplied. a la rge part of t�e
neccesit ies of life for the ..
fa mily.
B ut then , the whit e ·man .
came a nd bega n t o set t le on
triba l lands, and conf lict s
arose when t he India ns tried
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t o regain wha t �hey claimed
Those · confl�cts
wa s t heir land.
fina lly led t o "Aggrenient s"
bet ween the Euro pe a ns and the
India ns,. va guel y defining th
la nd areas of each.
In 1113 t he �iri�. �f a
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series of f orma l t reat ies were
.
s igned wi th t he Indians o· f
the a rea including the Penqbscot
on t he one side a nd t he Engl ish
on the other. Wit h the signing
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of each succe ssive �rea ty , Pen�.
· other t ribal la nd
obscot a nd
hol dings were diminished· until
finall y in 1818 with t he s�gning .
of .in trea t y between t he Penobscc
and the Commonwealt h of Ma ssaqhuac
and then with the signing of the
idnetica tre aty in 1820. betwe en .
(CONT� ON PAGE 18 )
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INDIANS SHAPE U.S. HISTORY
by mo st peo ple a s being co lo rfu l
a s t he West ern India ns but we a lso
have different idea s o n wo rship
a nd you might o f hea rd befo re t hat
t he Peno bsco t language is dying
out . This is t ru e
t here are o nly
a bout six peo ple o n t he Isla nd who
ca n spea k it but t hey are st art ing
t o sit up a nd t a k e no t ice o f t his
fact by ha ving Peno bscot language
classes on Wednesda y night s every
week a nd t hey are all co- o perat ing,
expecially t he yo unger peo ple.
They are all go ing t hat I k no w o f
but o lder peo ple crit icize u s o n
o ur la nguage. But I t ell you o ne
t � i�g everyo ne o n t hat Island pa r
t 7c 1pat es when it comes t o pagent
t ime a nd t hey a ll k no w ho w t o dance
and t a k e pride in t his a nd t o k no w
t hat t hey're India ns.
Things lik e t his a ll a dd u p
� o t he ma k ings o f o u r �o st umes, fo r
inst a nce ou r hea d-dresses were so me
what different fro m t he West ern-
t h� feat her st o o d right u p st ra ight
a nd wea r eagle feat hers and t heir
co stu mes were made o f bu ck sk in wit h
beadwo rk o n mo st ly inst ea d o f flo w
er designs, because we a re wo o dla nd
India ns a nd we also ha ve buck sk in
mo cassins wit h bea d wo rk o n t hem
�lso . Fo r wo rk o n my Isla nd t hey
nave t o go o ver t o t o wn t he sho e
shops o r so me o t her co rpo rat io n
nearby but t hey st a rt ed pro ject e
o n t he Island, fo r insta nce N.Y. C.
and o perat io n Ma inst rea m. N.Y.C.
is a pro ject fo r t he you nger peo
p le a nd Ma inst rea m is fo r t he o ld
er people.
(Fro m t he week ly Newslet t er , t he
st udent s at t he India n scho o l ,
T.R. I.B.E.,Inc, Ba r Ha rbo r , Me. )
NEW. YORK (nPI) -Awa reness o f
t he Am�rica n Indians• co nt ribut io n
t o t he nat io � a nd t he Indian pro
blem is reflect ed in bo o k s about
t he America n India n a nd scho o l
stu dies devo t ed t o explo ring t he
impact o f India n cu ltu re o n pres
ent -day Americans, sa ys Dr. Llo yd
Melis, pro fesso r o f specia l educ
at io n at Cat hag e Co lleg e, Keno sha ,
Wis.
Not o nly ha ve t he India ns help·
ed sha pe our hist o ry a nd co nt rib
ut ed t o our fo lklo re, but even to
da y t hey a re co nt ribut ing t o o ur
way o f life and t o our understand
ing o f t he ba lance bet ween man a nd
nat ure, a cco rding t o Dr. Melis.
(Fro m BDN, J/8/71)
(Ed. no t es
Tha nk you Dr. Meli�,
I ho pe t hat you are not t o o late
in co ming t o t his understa nding
o f t he ba la nce bet ween man and na
tu re. Rea d o n!)
"They ma de u s pro mises , mo re pro
mises t ha n I ca n remember, but
t hey never k ept but o ne.
They
pro mised t o t a k e o ut la nd a nd t hey
t oo k it . "
Severa l mo nt hs ago t he Sa nto
Do mingo t ribe, which has a sma l:
reservat io n o n t he Rio Grande R'.. ve?'.'
nea r Albuquerqu e , su rprised ne�r
by bu sinessmen by t urning d0�� a
mult imillio n-do lla r . pulp mi:: o f
fer fro m a la rge t imber company.
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SUBSCRIBE NOW to t he MAINE INDIAN
NEWSLETTER. See t he inside back
pag e fo r det a ils. Be a repo rt er
send in news, let t ers, idea s , et c.
Send you r friends names in, t o o .
The Enviro nment and You
OLD INDIAN ACHIEVEMENT
IS A MESSAGE FOR TODAY
BY
St ewa rt tla ll
and
Jef-f St a nsbu ry
The idea is slo wly a dva ncing
in enviro nment a l circles t hat In
dia n American s (t ho se who st il:
nurt ure t heir a ncient cult ure, h�ve
a vit a l message fo r mo dern ma n,
The bea rers o f t his message ar�
no t t he many assimilat ed India �s
but t he you ng a nd o ld India ns who
st ill respect "t he o ld way" a nc
who , by example, fo rce us t o a dmit
t hat eco log ica l awa reness was �
do mina nt a chievement o f t he first
America ns.
The Sant o Domingo s , li�e mo st
o f New Mexico 's pueblo t ribes, a re
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Indian felt himself a brother to
all things.
Out of this feeling
grew a day-to-day behavior which
was both reverent and responsible.
a pastoral people.
They prefer to
live close to the earth on small
farms in the Rio Grande valley. AfThe hunter, for example, killter lengthy dis�ussion, and despite
ed for tr.e clan, not for himself.
their very 1i.1gh unemployment rate,
they voted ag3.lr.st an in·:iustry that He harv�!::ted only wha·t his own 'Deo
would bring both jobs and pollution. pJ.e ne e d e d , respecting both tom�r
row's needs and the requirements
of other friendly clans.
The Santo Domingos.are not -the
onlY u.s.· tri�9 to value the land
To be sure, the early Indians
more than economic benefits.
Uplacked the ter,hnology to commit
river, the 'l'aos Indians h3.ve just
wen a 6 5-year fight to persu?.Je Con- large-sc8.le mayhem on their surrour.
ings.
{�;:::·ess to gi"':re t}1(�m full possession
But their religious sense
of life rest:rs i.ncd them even qi.ore.
of' U1e hit;h Bll�e Lake area that is
both a sacred grou nd and the source RegardiPg resou rces as finite, and
acting in trw::;t for the long-term
of water for t11e T:J.os pueblo,
hee:i .lth of tri .. �J.r community, these
Fine Timber Stand
first P.mericans e:nbcd ied the cenBluo 1.8.ke grows a fine stand
tr8l tri.1ths of the modern environ
of marketable timber, but the Taos
will preseYve it as a th�iving wild-mental movement.
erness - mnch to the consternation
Today, we speak of safe
of their white neighbors.
guarding "the pu·o] ic interest" and
t h e �j.£�ts of u:1born generations.
And in Alaska, under different
circumstances, the Esl:imos, Aleuts
� nd i::!1'1.G took thj s otligRtion ser
and Indians are urgin1�, Cong�ess to
iously 101:.g bP.fcre the first Eur
O�Jeans ar.cived wi t h an entirely
confirm thP- ir rights to 40 ralllion
acres of land a T O J.n d th� ·tr v il.i.af_;es .different notion of the way life
was.
These na�ives have a st�nng, i�tl.
mate bond with the nat;.rr,�1 \"''Y�lrl,
and all they ask is thG �Jp�r�u. ity
(Incidentally, t he
to preserve it.
response of Congress th ls yLar will
decide the final bondaries of "In.)
dian country" in the United States
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s refugees from a feudalism
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is which the governing class owned
the land outright, the c·olonists
cane to our shores determined
to
get their own piece of the action.
They were in many ways ad�i
rable,
but they were also the spiri
These examples of respect for
tual
forebears of all the polluters
the land are, to be suret not typand
ical of most Indian cul t·m--es tod3.y; rf�211·� rce raiders who gouge or bligh-;
the exploiter's ethic l:.:is been all the .J.and for short-term profits
too conta�ious.
Bt.;.t the T;) cs, San- tod;:i,y •
to Domingos, Eskimos and Aleuts
A great gap of thought sepa
embody a heritage which dates back
rat<
the colonist from the Indian.
to a time when virtually all Indian
"Sel:
the c untry?" Tecumseh aske
Americans viewed themselves and
d a part�
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of whites 150 years ago.
other creatures with what we now
"Why not
sell the air, the clouds,
recognize as an ecological perthe great
sea?"
spective.
Religious Roots
The warrior-chief'·s gue
This world view had religious
stiom
was left unanswered, a far-off
roots.
To the Indian, the land,
wisp
water, wildlife, fruits and plants of smoke at our backs.
Now, in an
age when we have "sold" our
werewere not commodities to be
air,
water, an
land for materialistic
owned but gifts from God to be usea
(Gont1nued ·an pagd .-·6.)
The
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the beginning of the-red.man's .
ga in ....:· arid·· fouled man '-s o'verall en world to the present time, I deem
it-p�6per tci sta te that there ha ve
vironment in the p r-Ocess - Tecum
been no historica l works of·· the
seh's question ha s ·come ba ck to
white·ma n, nor a ny other written
haunt us.
history from a ny source quoted.
Today's environmenta l ists,
A ll prophecies, theories a nd
knowingly or unknowingly, a re try
ing to restore the connuma l ethic, idea s of the educa ted and intell
igent of a ll ra ces ha ve been la id
the la ck of egosim, the sense of
a si�e� no supposition nor p resum
interrela ted life which governed
t�e India n A merica n's trea tment of p tion of a ny cla ss enterta ine d,
beca use it is inte nded to show only
resources.
the simple a nd na tural state of
It ma y be easy to overroma nt the life,·habits a nd wa ys as they
existed among the pure, innocent
their
iciz e the ea rly;lndia nss
a nd simple people whose tra ditions
lives we re shorter, ha rder and in
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a re here written
some wa ys l ess healthy tha n ours.
But were they not a lso ha pp ier,
The a bove quote wa s ta ken
less driven, more tranquil a nd fa r
from the prefa ce of the book, which
more ·enriched by being close to
is a va ila ble in limited qua ntities,
t'he· earth?
(we ha ve only 1 00 printed copies)
One need not recommend pover to those who would wish to rea d
ty to suggest tha t we ca n find much a bout the red ma n. We were 'fort
in the India n exa mple to follow to una te to ha ve the help of Ropert
da y. Ecologists a re trying to tell Haskell, president of Ba ngor Hydro
us tha t ma n a nd na ture a re indivi Electric Compa ny, whose office
sibl�, tha t there is no such thing retyped the book a nd dona ted the
copies to help with the resta rting
a s t�uly p riva te propertY. - that
of the Ma ine India n Newsletter.
ma n-made barriers a nd wa lls a nd
bounda ries confuse us a nd run a
You ca n ha ve a copy, by ma il
ga inst the gra in of the system
ing your name a nd a ddress, along
tha t supports a ll life.
with a check or money order for
three dolla rs.
The India n, by religion a nd
instinct, understood this long a go1
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PLIGHT OF U . s· .INDIA N
la nd wa s the ultima te home, a com
HER SONGS OF REFORM
mon pqssession of those who used
it·. · He sensed tha t la nd wa s "a
"Why shouldn't a n India n:girl
community to which he belonged" (to
use A ldo Leopold's phra se), a nd he be a model or a designer or·a pa int
lavished-on it the -a we a nd Jove a nd er? " B uffy Sa inte-Ma rie wa nts to
know.
respect we know seek to recap ture
told in
"Wha t kid wa nts to be· .a s a la nd ethic for the future.
school tha t }1is' gra ndfa ther wa s a
(�tom B�ngor:Daf1y·News, 2/io/7 1)
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LIFE "A ND TRADITIONS . .
vive. .in Am�_rica physica lly, .�ental
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OF .
The 24-yea r.. old Cree enter
THE RED MAN
_ta _i_ner thinker ner song�· a bout the
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p light 9f her fellow America n In
:,. Joseph Nfool�r
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dians' ha ve, m_he.lped_ . w.hi te. p eople to
Old Towri, Maine
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" In ·offering this wo·rk W;hich
·und_ersta nd, but a f�er tha t, they·,
will give ih� �ubli�_the ftill _ a c-: ha ven't re�lly done a nything"· · ' · ·
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CRF".)TT UNION
Me anwhile , Miss S:,_i�-i-t-.'·--:.::ic
S0v���1 people have shown an
is doing all she c:-.:1 t."1 ri.·_;v:�/,�
i� s=-.'. .-.::··; �._·1 e:::·�·:'."'Jlishing a cre dit
some action.
v·-..io�1 <·�1 Indi::in Island .
Assistance
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In addtion to '\... ,�- � I�.t. 11·::-:�
r1� ,_. ·t':c.·1 of fr�!'ed by the Maine State
J> r-1:. -�·,1� :;or,@ision and the Maine
formance s on var�ou·" L;(�:· : ::.:..; _
se rvations, she has set ll'i) 2 . ·c:i--
C '-.: ·· :.:..�.-t Th ion League .
Old T own at
olarship fund to he lp �3m�21� �l
t,..�r-7, h:enne th Thompson has offe rhe r race throug h law ac�0ol £nri �s
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now promoting an organi:.: atior1 for
w .1.,i1
: J'• ·J }. '1.per·:1ork
the b e ne fit of Ind ian w��e n .
:. ;;.·0�rs would be e ncouraged to
T he Native North Ameri.-:...,n :·11:
�·u.. i�
; �-·;_ �.; .. }_e as a dollar a we e k
me n's Association was :>�und �i �.. :1
c nr! t i·
·; r.0-�ld borrow from the cre d:
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August. Miss Sainte-Ma:- le :;:cc��,_i::. t-· 'l,�:�i.-·:1 J:,?.�'ing ro more than 1% pe r
e d the 200 me mbe rs during her 'l��i.:-s rr..on-1�;1 o n the unpaid balance . Earn
to re se rvations and Indian coI!Jr,;m
inf?:'s wou�.d be used to pay e xpe nse s,
itie s in citie s
with �hs remainde r be ing distrib ut
T he come ly singe r-composer seid ec't as di "'ridend s .
she liste ns to Indian women' s c0n
Common reasons for borrowing
ce rns and the n comments publicly 2. include old bills, me dical e xpe nse s
bout the m.
autos, vacations, home e q uipme nt,
"I'm j ust be ing a mouth-piece
funerals, education, we ddings, and
for t he ,'' she said.
"I'm a visible f��ily eme rge ncie s.
Ind ian. Pe ople know me and my work,
Throug h our own cre dit union ,
which le t s me draw attention to
rart of the mone y e arne d on the
what's g oing on."
�eservation will stay he re t o he lp
Miss Sainte -Marie holds the
us out, rather than all of it going
fe de ral g ove rnme nt responsible Jor
off to benefit some one e lse .
many of t he Indian�' proble ms and
The membe rs alone will won
the credit union. Each me mbe r h av
says so in song .
In "Now T hat t he Buffalo Is
j_ng at least f ive dollars inve ste d
Gone ," Miss Sainte -Marie asks, "HQs w�il be able to vote .
No council, corporation, or
a change come ab out , Uncle Sam? Or
&ry othe r spe cial inte re st g roup
are you still taking our land?
w:.:.1 be able t o control the cre dit
It's he re and it's now, you must
he lp us de ar man, now that the buf ur1:.on 'Jr dete rmine its polic ie s.
��. i_s will be le ft strict ly up to
alo's gone . "
Miss Sainte - Marie wants to re the sharehold ers.
Soon, furthe r informat ion re
form the e ducat ion g ive n to Indians
��r.ding the cre dit union will be
on re se rvations.
c..i:.:tributed on the Re se rvation.
"T he re 's ve ry little accuracy
�aanwhile if anyone has any q ue stin t he te xts that are use d about
Ind ians, and about the w�y A me rican � ons or sugge stions re garding t he
se tt le rs de alt with the m," she sa�cl . fo.c�a-�ion of a cre dit union, se e
Frede rick Nic ola or Mat t he w Mit che l�
She also wants to he ln makG
a plac e for Indian wome n ii1 A:ne"":icPENOBSCOT INDIAN CORPQRAT ION, INC.
an soc ie t y.
"We 're t ry ing to ope n up t�e
glamor jobs," she said.
"Why s�ould
On April 6 , 1970 a group of25
Pe nobscot Indians forme d t he Pe nan Indian girl have to b leach her
obscot Indian Corporation, Inc.,a
hair to be ac c e pt e d for work?"
mon-profit corporation, c hart e re d
(From G�it , 11/22/70.)
(Ed. note 1 We saw B uffy on the David unde r Maine law with t he inte nt ion
of promoting small b usine sse s,
Prost show a fe w months b ac k, and
re c all in he r t alk t hat it is up to b ringing in various programs t o
assist in making life e asie r on
the individual t o ge t things done .
re se rvation, e tc.
Buffy is doing just t hat l What are
(Cont inue d on page 8. )
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Be cause une mp loyme nt ha s be e n
so high in the Old Town a re a a nd
be cause wha t mone y is e a rne d by In
dia ns a ll goe s ba ck ove rtown for
food, clothing e tc , the corpora tion
sponsore d a n Ope ra tion Mainstre am
project. A to ta l o f a bout 50
diffe re dt pe op le ha ve worke d on the
proje ct during the pa st 9 months
and the pa yroll for the re se rvation�
ha s a ve rage d be twe e n $1000 a nd
$1440 e a ch we e k.
Ne xt the Corpora tion is a ssist
ing in e xta blishing a sma ll "ma
a nd pa " type store on the re se rva
tion
. Also, se ve ra l founda tions ha d
shown a n inte re st in the p rospe cts
of the corpora tion, but sta te d tha t
be fore the y could contribute a ny
fund� for a ny proje cts, the corp
ora tion would have to obta in a ta x
e xe mpt sta tus , thus the P.I.C. Trust
wa s e sta blishe d. Pre se ntly the
ta x exe mp t forms ha ve be e n reughe d
out and a re a bout to be ma ile d to
IRS f�r appro va l.
Although the Boa rd of Direct
ors of Pre, Inc. is ma de up of 25
Pe nobscot India ns, the me e tings
ha ve a lwa ys be e n ope n to o the rs
for the ir ide a s a nd suggestions.
T�E
NORTH AMERICAN
TRADITIONA L
UNITY CONVENTION
*May 29, JO, 3 1st
Tobiq ue Ma lise e t Re se rve
Ne w Brunswick, Ca na da
*July J, 4th
Ona ndaga
*July 6, 7th
Tona wa nda
July 9, 10th
Ta ma , Iowa , Sa c
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July 12, 13 , 14, 15th
Sioux te rritory
Contine nta l site
*Se pte mbe r 4, 5, 6th
Maniwa ki, Que . ,
Algonqt:in
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*The se a re de finite pla ce s a nd
The se is a n a nswe r still
date s.
a waite d from Se ne ca Longhouse at
Mia mi, Okla homa for a p ossible
two da ys ther� be fore sta rting
home , from Sioux country.
We 're conta cting se ttle me nts
of "na tive " pe ople s a long the wa y
for re sting a nd ca mping a cc omoda
tions. Thus would be the da te s be
LANGUA GE LESSONS
twe e n me e ting p la ce s.
La ng ua ge classe s ha ve heen he ld
Mrs. A udre y She na ndoa h , Se c'y
for more tha n two months by Se na be h,
Iroq uois Confe de ra cy
Pe nobsco t te a che r.
Onandaga , Ne drow, Ne w �ork
The Penobncot
language is be ing ta ught e ve ry Wed
Te . no. (3 15) 469-7510
ne sda y a nd Sunda y e ve ning from 6sJO
Our stre ngth a nd kope is in
to 8sOO. The la ng uage le ssons a re
It is cle a rly told to us
Unity.
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we must
wr; tte n on the boa rd of the gra de
by the Gre a t Pe a ce mak�r
if a tre e
scno ol cla ssroom on the India n Is
hold on to one a nother,
the stre ngth
land Re�e rva tion, a nd the young
should fa ll on one
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of our brothe rs will ke e p us from
stude nts ha ve a n opp ortunity to
le a rn during the day.
fa lling unde r it's weig ht.
. The vocabula ry words a re be ing
Ky-you-ha -ha- de � 56 ye a r ol�
Onondaga n, wa s cho se n chie f o� t)e
tape d for the bene fit. of re vie w.
Iroquois confe de ra cy thre e ye a r�
The first le sson words will be re ago. His na me means unfinishe :
p rint e d in the Ne wsle tte r.
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busine ss. "Roots ha ve sp re a d out.
(Ed.no�e :
Se e page 9.for the
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north , one to the e ast,
one to the
aiso a n a rtist :·and wood carve r.
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The schoo l childre n will be a ble to one to the south, a nd one to t�
a t White
we st. T he se a re the Gre
le arn from him soon.
Roots, a nd the ir na ture is ?e a c e
a nd Stee ngth.11
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I-Nee ah
You-Gee a h
The y-Ne gg-ma h
Me -Ne a h
�othe r-Ne e -ga h-woos
?athe r-Me eta -goos
jhild-A h woos-sis
v·oma n-Che e -pa n-um
Ka n-Che e -Se nabe h
�ittle Girl-nuck-sqa- sis
�o y-ske e-no o-sis
:vla ide n-nuc ksqa
Ze llo-Qua i
�ow a re you? -dun-qak
:•m a llright-Me g- gauk-ne a h.
How a rc you?-Dun-ga uk-ge e a h
I will see you a gain. -Me e -na ch
Nae -e -ul
PINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTA N CE
The first me eting to be he ld
at the Pa rish Hall on India n
$sla nd on Ma rch 19,1971.
A ppoint
me nts will be made throught the
Ma instre a m Office .
Me e tings will be he ld month
ly the re a fte r on the first Thurs
The re will
da y starting in Ma y.
be no me e ting in Ap ril.
The Ma in Stre am p hone numbe r
is 827-5011. Pe te r A. Ande rson
is the a ttorne y for Pine Tre e
Le ga l A ssista nce p rogra m.
Q.
Wha t Is Pine Tree Le ga l A ssis
ta nce ?
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:s an orga niza tion which p rovide s
fre e le ga l se rvice for pe ople
who ca n't a fford a lawye r. It
:s supporte d by the Unite d State s
Office of Economic oppurtunity
as pa rt of the Wa r on Pove rty.
Tree's service s if you �nrn no
more tha n $48. 00 p lus $8.00 for
e a ch pe rson you support.
Note :
If you earn more tha n the
a mounts me ntione d a bove, Pine
Tre e will 9onside r a ny large
de bts or bills. (such a s hospita l
or doctor's bills) tha t you ma y
ha ve .
The se large bills ma y e
e nable you to gulaify for se rvice.
Q, How do I know whe n I ne e d
a Lawye r?
A,
If you are arre ste d or
fine d for viola ting some la w
you ma y ne e d a la wye r.
If you are se rve d with
pape rs by a she rrif or some other
pe rson you proba bly will ne e d
a lawye r.
If you fa il to ma ke a pa ,�
me nt on a n article tha t you h� ve
purcha se d a nd the finance company
thre ate ns tota ke it awa y frcm
you, you p robably ne e d a lwve r.
If you a re de nie d we lf a re
or une mployme nt pa yme nts you ma y
ne e d a lawye r.
If you wnt a divorce 0r
se pe ra tion you will ne e d a :wye r.
In short Pine Tre e Le ga ·
A ssista nce offe rs almost �v� ry
le gal se rvice tha t a la wye r
pe rforms. Howe ve r the re a re snmc
ca se s tha t Pine Tre e ca nnot ta�e .
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FEELING FEIVIA LE FREES FURRY
FRIEND FROM FLUFF
one da y Ma ry Ma ddocks founS
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a sticky but ffi3a tiate d mouse :.n
he r cupboa rd stuck inside th�
Is the re a ny cha rge for Pine
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marshma llow fluff ja r. Fe e 1:ng
�re e •s Se rvice s?
sovry � or the mouse she fre e�
A. The re is no cha rge for Pine
the a nimal a nd wa she d it of:
"'re e se rvice s
a nd le t it go outside of he �
house .
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Who can Re cie ve he lp from
Howe ve r, the ne xt da �� Ma ry
Pine Tre e Le gal A ssistance ?
found the Mouse had expire d
e a rn no more than $48.00 BEFORE it had tra ve
A
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lle d too fa r
pe r we e k a nd supp ort only yourse lf p ossibly dying from too much fluff
you qualify for Pine Tre e Se rvice s. or too much human kindne ss.
If you a re supporting othe rs a s
(Ed. Note :Try twisting your ton-we ll, you would q ua lify for Pine
gue around the he a dline thre e t ime s#
�-10. Operation Main Stream (Indian Island)
By James Sappier, Director
Operation Main Str earn is the Ist project established
under the Penobscot Indain Corporation for the betterment
of this community.
Presently, the contract with the Department
of Labor, runs from, July 1,1970 to June 30,1971.
Opeation
Main Stream employs, a Director, secretary and has 26 employees.
Many Projects have been established by O�tion Main Stream
and are prese�tly working:
Penobscot Indain Blood Bank-(2) Emergencies
Free Ashe Program for the Aged (Basketry)- presently stalled
Adult Education Program-Starts This week
Transportation for Elderly(Doctors and Hospital appointments
(56 Trips plus (5) emergencies
24 hour Emergency Heating Service-(22) homes some homes
more than once.
Home Servrece- cleaning, bathing, laundary-(18) hnmes
(4) Emergencies
genral repair(21), Snow Removal-(23) homes and 18 roofs
Installed/repaired stoves (35) homes, thawing frozen
pipes(l6) homes.
Winterize d homes fini9hed (35)
Helped with Childrens Christma s Parties (3)
Installed Childrens Program (Education) instructing
in arts and crafts and Indian Language(school)
Indian Isand School Library-Buitl shelves,
help rebuild·burned home-ceiling,walls, floors, and
windows reinforced(2) foundations, deliver fliers
(information) and draining of fl�oded areas.
Lending tools as Electric saws and drills, Reddy
Heater, axes, etc
Beingthe worst winter in years heating and snow removal
became predominant. Many areas needing improvements cannot be
pursued /m�erial funding appears to be the determining factor
of this operation.
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having any influence on Indain Affairs should be r�alized; a ?
a neccesity towards the over-all improvement of this Reservation.
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Oct. 28, 1970)
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attempt to involv� us in the
creation of what you call "a great
country", because we certainly
'A Little Tired'
have different opinions on what
makes a country great.
I am more than a little tired
What you really should have
of hearing about injustice to the said is, "Our people from all
Indians. Since when does just
countries, have assisted in the
fathering a child make you a
destruction and pollution of this
father or giving birth make you a once-beautiful, heaven-like
mother?
paradise which was once populated
Our people from all countries
by Indians who were living here
and the Indians have made this
in peace and harmony with the
�ountry great.
This was a land,
Great Spirit and nature."
but it only became a country
You have not made this country
after much work and love by many
great. You have destroyed it and
people. Many men have died to
now you must pay the price with
E.eep it this way,
Our men and
your death, if necessary, through
boys will continue to die if
the poison air that you breathe
�ecessary to insure our freedom
and the polluted waters that you
and the freedom of people
drink.
�hroughout this world. We may not
You state that, "This was a
�e perfect, but if you can find a land, but it only became a
�etter place other than Heaven,
country after much work and love
:.et us know.
by many :r;eople." Who do you th:nk
So, if you want to be a nation you're kidding? Just who have you
:y yourselves, you don't have to
people ever loved but yourselves,
:ive in town, use our electricity, if you actually know what the word
��lephones, or work in our stores, means? You certainly have not
p:ants, etc. You don't have to
loved the Indians, or your people
s:eep better at night because
would not have plundered, raped,
and murdered us. You certainl�·
our military service is keeping
:ou free, You're lucky you have
have not loved the black man o�
you certainly would not have t�ied
f�ee land. We had to work hard
to get ours and have to pay taxes to enslave him. No, Mrs. Simmens,
you don't even love yourself o;
to �eep it, even if our grand
father owned it.
you would not have caused the ·
pollution of our air, land anc
-t•s about time you ask what
water which will eventually kill
you can do and be proud you're
you and your children, if no� all
part of this wonderful country.
mankind in your moronic reck:ess
Mrs. Betty Simmons
ness.
3 3 9 75th St.
Your grandfathers whom you say
From Akwesasne Notes, Jan. /Feb.,
1971)
"owned" this land, were nothin€
more than hypocrites who robbec,
cheated, raped and tortured tha
(Niagra Falls Gazette, Tues.
Indian people to steal this la�d
!iov. 3 , 1970)
away from us, and you people �re
still continuing your illega�
An Angry Reply for 'Tired'
wicked plunders against us a�d all
in the name of brotherly-love,
In response to Mrs. Betty
Simmons' letter "A Little Tired," humanity and so-called Christianity
You say, "This was a land, but
which appeared in the Oct. 29
it only became a country • • • , • • , • • "
issue of the Gazette, under
but little do you realize that we
Letter to the Editors
Indians had and still have a
�o begin with, Mrs, Simmons,
(continued on Page 12)
we Ir.dians detest your aborted
�-12�
(A n A ngry •
• •
cont. from Page 11)
Iroquois.
A lin� of dema rca tion
wa s esta blished on Oct. 22, 1784
constitu tion a nd government tha t
which deccla red a ll la nd west of
wa s a nd is fa r superior to the
A l ba ny to the territory of the
present da y U. S. government.
Six Na tions.
It wa s signed by
·lour a rchives in Wa shington a nd
Pre� ident Wa shingt on.
Alba ny will tell you , if you 'll
. The power of our treaties a re
only ta ke the time ou t to tu rn
a lso fou nd in the U.
S. Consti
�heir pages9 instea d of patting
tuti0n in A rt. 6 ·
Sect. 2. Rea d
you rself on you r ra cist ba ck ,
it,
It is you who is working in
�hat it wa s my Indian people ,
my city a nd my pla nt a nd my fa c
the Iroqucis C�nfederacy, who
tories. A nd if the U. S. Govern
��u ght you dem�cra cy in the first men4 a nd its brainwa shed, mis
pl2.ce.
gu ided citizens like you rselves
�s a ma tter of fa ct, we ga ve
do not review you r inju stices to
you� pla nners o f the Constitu tion the India ns, whether you a re
of �he U. S. the workings of ou r
"more tha n a little tired" or
government to a ssist you in the
not , someday you may be o n tria l
crea tion of yours· . You peopl e
before a n Internationa l Tribuna l
had nothing ih Europe tha t cou ld
to a nswer fnr you r crimes a gainst
ever be copied to form the U. S.
my people.
Government. You r Ma gna Ca rta
A nd la stly. Mrs. Simmons don't
wa s not a gu ide for you either,
ever make the mista ke of comparing
or you cou ld not ha ve rebelled
this present country as next to
a gainst you r own "mother cou ntry". hea ven. for I'm sure tha t you will
So you see,Mrs. Simmons, lik e
.
n�� find pollu ted a ir , land a nd
it or not, there wa s a nd still
water up there, a nf I'm su te tha t
is a government i)n this land
ra cia l discrimina tion, mu rder a nd
when your starving, thieving
·inj u stices dJ not preva il up
there , or were you aga in mi s
Pilgri� gra ndfa the rs a rrived to
begin their )00 yea rs of ma ssa cre tak enly referring to a different
a nd pilla ge of my people. You
destination?
sa y tha t if we wa nt t� be a
Ma d B ea r
Tu sca rora India n Reserva t ion
na t'ion by ou rselves tha t we don't
1883 Mou nt Hope Roa d
have to live in tJwn, u se you r
Lewiston
electricity, telephones , or work
(From A kwesa sne Notes, Jan. /Feb.
:n you r stores , plants, etc. You
1971. )
�a ke a lot for granted don't you ?
:ou do not own a nything u ntil
ynu pay for it!
Your electricity How India ns Hu nt Deer
B y B ill Geagan
�s generated through u se of ou r
��dia n wa ter. All you r ma chines
We ha d been crou ched at the
a nt fa ctories a nd everything were
forest edge , the Indian a nd I ,
produced from the na tu ra l re
only since sunset. Then, a ga inst
sou rc ·e-s of Indian land. You
the sk y's la st light , we sa w the
ha ve· not paid for it. Xou would
silhouette of a big buck . My
�a ve nothing if it were not for
new JO-JO ca rbine roa red once in
tte Indian.
You ha ve stolen
the dusk �t 10 paces a nd tbe de er
everything that you have from u s.
died.
Wty even the la nd you live on in
The large bu ck ha d come eut to
Niagara Falls does not ha ve a
a sma ll clover pa tch that l�Y .
cle�r title to it.
l ush a nd fiercely. green in a set
:our own u.s. Government ha s
If
ting of wild yellow ha y. He ha d
declared it to be my la nd.
come slowly , · from the south, just
you don't believe it, · rea d the ·
a s Sylvester· ·Francis , my friend
first treaty that was made be
of the Penobscot T ribe, ha d sa id
tween the Unit�d States Govern�
(continued on ·Pa ge 13)
ment a nd the Six Nations of the
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( Ho w India ns
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c ont . from P age 12 )
he w� ul d
Sylve st e r knew when and
whe re t o wa it 0 and how , in t he
Nove mbe r t wil ig ht , t 0 find l ight
eno ug h t o sho ot well- sight i ng
lo ng · a nd fipe aga inst t he fa int
af� ergl� w , hol ding it and draw
ing dq wn slowly t o t he shoulder
of t he silho uet t ed a nimP l .
Then 1 7 , I ha d fol l o we d his
inst ruct ions a nd t a ke n my fo urt h
dee r.
The ot he r t hree , t w� bag
ge d wit h my fat her's a ssist a nce ,
t he t h ird a l one , we re hunt e d down
wit h co nsi� e rabl e effo rt . No w I
st oo d in t he purpl e light o f eve
ning , happy a nd proud , lo oking at
my t rophy which ha d bee n a cq uire d
S Q e a sil y- t ha nks t o my frie nd.
I so o n learned in my asso
ciat i o n wit h t he Indians t hat un
l ike t he ave rage whit e hunt er,
the y neve r. � eek de er in j ust a ny
woo de d e nv 1 ronme nt , a nd t he y sel
do m st a l k t he q ua rr y .
The l onely
vigil in only ce rta in plac e s a nd
at o nl y cert a in t imes , is t he
fav o re d p ro ce dure. A nd it seldom
fa il s t o produc e .
T his is t ru e of all India n
hunt e rs o f Wa ine , N ew B run swic k,
a nd Que bec� rega rdle ss of t he ir
t ribe . Alt hough divide d int o
many diffe re nt t ribes , t he Ma ine
Indians a re a l l me mbe rs � f t he
Abna ki Nat i o n . Al l a re muc h a l ike
in ap pe ara nc e , be havio r , habit s,
and de e r- hun t ing pro c e dure s, wit h
a fe w va riat i o ns,
T he y a re mo st l y loners whe n
hu nt ing , fi shing , o r t ra pping , a nd
c e rt a in l y n eve r wel co me t he c o m
pa nion ship o f t he whit e ma n. I
was fo rt unat e .
I got t o know ma ny
Indian s.
I l ike d t hem , a nd t he y
l ik e d me ,
Of c o urse , · r ha d my
fe w fav o ri t e s. One of t he m, lo ng
a very c lo se friend , is He nry Red
Eagle , an Algonq uin, l o ng a po p
ular lVioo se he a d Lak e gu ide , a nd a
forme r showma n and mot io n pic t ure
pe rfo rme r.
Alt hough I . nev e r hunt e d with
R e d Eagle , while fishing fro m his
canoe we plan ne d j au nt s for dee r
toge t he r t hat fo r on� re a s o n o r
anothe r have never mat e r ia l i z e d.
• .
·
He ha s, ho wever , � xpla i ned t o me
t he ways o f t he woo ds, t he whit e
tail , a nd t he : ndia n. He sa ys
t hat the India n hunt er wa it s fo r
t he deer t o come to him in st e ad
of go ing to t he de er because he
is fol lowing t he plan of his e a rly
a nce st ors whose wea po n wa s only
t he comparat ive ly wea k and short
ra nge bo w wit h. flint -t ipped
arrows,
"If we'd ha d t he po werful bo ws
a nd arro ws o f today, �e wo ul d st ill
own t his count ry, " R,ed Eagl e oft en
sa id t hrough a t oot hy grin. A
not her o f h is favo rit e remarks , .
.
an d o ne t hat ha s. help ed . me g re '.3.t
l y in hunt ing t he de e r suc ce ss
ful l y is :
"Th� dee r hunt er who
wa l ks more t han o ne mil e a day is
wa l king t o o much. The Indian
.
wal ks a lit t l e and sit s a lot , but
t he average whit e man usua l l y go es
on a hike. "
Chief Needa hbeh , a P e n o bs c t , .
a l so fa me d a s a guide a nd sho w
ma n , wa s ano t her o f my favo rit es,
His t ricks in pu rsuit of t he
whi t et a il were many a nd a ma zingly
suc ce ssful . A l wa ys he p reyed on
t he fierce �at u�a l c urio sit� o �
t he species. T he most inc redib l e
o f his t ric ks c a used a handsome
buck lit e ra l l y t o st ic k o ut his
neck for me.
.
W e had c rossed a sma ll ponJ in
his c eda r-and-canva s c a noe an e
mil d Nove mber a ft ernoo n a nd en
t e re d a wide a nd slo w�flo wing o ut
l et s t re a m t hat t wist e d bet ween
t wo spra wl ing wil d mea do ws. Nee
da hbeh pulle d in cl ose under t he
ban k where tall c oa rse g ra ss hung
over l ike a wat erfall . · Grinning �
he bega n t o dra w t he flat wet
paddl e bla de ve ry slowl y ac ross
t he nea res·t t hwa rt - aga in a nd aga. in.
It creat e d a we ird sq uea king ,
sq ue a l ing sou� . He c ont in ued t he
pro cedure eve ry few minut e s , st il l
grinning a nd l oo king up, " B e
ready B ill , j ust in c a se, " h�
a dv ise d.
.
I ha d l it t l e fait h in his t ric k
a nd c a me v ery nea r go ing int o a
buc kfever fre e ze - up whe n , lo and
b eho ld , t he hea ds and out stre t c he d
( c o nt in ue d o n Page 1 4)
�-1 4n THE WR I T IN G O N T H E WA LL "
AT TH.G
t ha t t h e ;fh i te l•1a n d o e s n o t unde r
s ta n d t h e m .
And e ve ry mo v e th a t
t he G o v e rnme nt ma ke s goe s t o prove
it .
T H'£ OF T H E LON GE ST
S H A DOWS
•
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•
On the G r a n d R i ve r La nd s
0 f t he S i x na t i o n s I r o q uo i s C o n
fe d e r a c y , ne a r B r a n t f o r d , O n t a r i o
C a na da , l iv e mo re t ha n 1 , 500
�o l l owe r s o f t h e Lo ng H o u se Ee l
� g i n n , o f t h e c o d e o f Ha nd some
�a ke - Ga -ne -n - d i -yo , a nd of the
p r0 p he t De g a na w i d a h .
The s e pe o p l e
d re t h e H o de no s h o n ne e s . T h e y
s re t he supp 0 r te r s o f t h e he re d � t a ry c h ie f t a n s o f t h e S i x N a t i o n
:i- r'J quo i s C o nfe de.ra c y , t he tre a t y
rr,a k ing ch i e ft a n s , whd .s t i l l me e t
r e q til a rly i n cb u n c i l l t o d a y ·
� nd wh o rul � d t h e pe o pl e u n t il
t �� b l a c k da y in 1 92 4 whe n the
�e oq ra l Gov e r nme nt o f C a na da
3 t r ip p e d t h e m o f t h a t p o we r a nd
b a r r e d the m f r o m t he ir own c o un c i l
r
h o u ss .
The s e p e o pl e s t i l l fa i thful l y
�e r f� rm t he r i tua l s a nd c e r e mo n i e s
: f th e i r f � r e fa t he r s , f o r t he
� e ne f i t o f a ll ma nk i n d .
The y
�q r e t o l d tha t t he i r t re a t i e s
�� u l d l a s t a s l n ng a s t he g ra s s
grows , a nd the w a te r f l ows ,
a :.1 the sun s h i ne s " .
T h i s why
t �q y go t h rough w i th t h e i r
� e r e mo ni e s to p r a y fo r t he gra s s
& n d t h e wa t e r a nd t h e c r o p s ,
� nd the we a th e r - f o r t he g o n d
o -:_
"
all
pe o p l e ,
not
j u s t t he m s e �. v e s
T�e y f e e l t h a t by d o i ng so t h e y
wi l l be a bl e t o pro l o ng t h e i r
�re a t ie s � nd t he i r own p re c i o u s
wc.. y o f l if e .
nowe ve r , t h e s e pe o p l e a re
wo r r ie d . De spe r a t l e y wo r r i e d .
The y ha v e be e n thre a te ne d
with
t he e xt i n c t i o n o f the i r wa y o f
l if e , ye t s t i l l the y r e me mb e r
" a s l o n g a s t h e g ra s s grows ,
a n d the wa t e r f l ow s " .
Man y o f
t h e m fe e l t h a t w e a-re ne a r t h e
e nd . f o r t he ir p ro phe c i e s ha ve
to l d t he m t h a t t he e nd of t h e m
i s · the en d o f us a l l .
The y fe e l
t h a t we a re i n " t he t ime o f t he
The i r t re a t i e s a r e be i ng
b r o ke n .
The i r r i gh t s ha ve be e n
i g n o re d a nd c o nve n i e n t l y fo r go t te n
Tho u s a n d s
f o r ma ny l o n g ye a r s .
o f C a na d ia n s a re n ' t e ve n a wa r e
t ha t the se pe o p l e e x i s t a ny mo re .
P r o po se d Gnve r nrne nt Le g i s a t i � n
wo u l d s t r i p from t h e m the i r r i ght
n f b ir t h t o p r o u dly p r n c l a im t h e m
s e l v e s the " Ong - ·J e h -Hwa �We h " the
Or ign a l Pe o p le .
The y ha ve be e n
t o l d t h a t t h e y a re t o be ma de
C a na d i a n G i t i z e n s , " j us t l ike
e ve ryo ne e l s e " but t h e y j u s t don ' t
" Y o u a re C�na
ha p pe n t o wa n t to .
d i a n s " s a y the H o n o ra b l e Me s s ie tt
r s Tr d e a u a nd C hre t ie n .
"We
a re no t c a na d ia n s w e a re t h e Ong
_
We h -Hwa -We h n say the o r ig i na ..1..
Our p e o p le we re h e r e
people .
�t
l o n g b e f o r e C a na da wa s e ve n tho u&·
�
�
of. "
S e e h o w t he p ro p o s e d c ompu:
s o ry c hq nge s in the uni que s t a � us
.
o f the O ng -We h -Hwa - � h d i re c t�y
0N
a b r o ga te t he U N IV � HS L DE C LARATI
O F H UMAN RI GHT S , wh i c h wa s a d�� r, � d .
t i o 1.
a nd p ro c l a ime d a t t he U ni te d ; a
.
&
i n De c e mb e r 1 94 8 , C a na da i s
t h e U n i t e d N a t io n s � n �
me mbe r of
i s swo r n to uph o l d a l l it s �r i�c p l e s T he U n i ve r s a l D � c l a r� t i � n
�
>
o f H uma n Righ t s pro v i de s i n Art
c le
1 5 t ha t :
( 1 ) Eve ryo ne ha s t h e r ig ht
5
to
�
.
n a t i o na l i t y .
( 2 ) No o n e sha l l be _ a r b i � ra r 1 �
d e p r i ve d of _ h i s _ � a t i o na l 1 t y �- �
d e p r iv e d t h i s r i g h t t o c h a n c e
:
h i s Na t i ona l i t y .
t�
It i s o n e t h i ng f o r C a na da
de o ve r a . h��
i gn o r e t re a t ie s ma
n�
d re d ye a r s a go , but to my m i
eak
i t i s qu i t e a no t he r th i ng to �
y
p l e dge ma de a s re c e n �
a s o l e mn
�
f
a s 1 94 8 t o ge t he r w i t h a l l th�
N a t io n s o f the f r e e wo rl d .
• ·
Who a re we , I a sk , t o te�:
s e pe o p l e who t h e y are an� 1 5 )
t he
( Cont . �n
wha t t h e y mu s t do i
lllli
i
..___.._........iiiillll.....____
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( The Wr i t ing
•
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•
Cont . from 1 5 )
of a ny l e gi s l a t i o n t ha t wo uld
ma ke the m a s on w i t h t he Whi t e
man .
The y wa nt t o be a s f a r
a p a r t a s po s s ib l e whe n t h a t
t i e m c ome s !
The se pe o ple k now wh a t
the y a r e t a lk ing a bout .
They
h a ve ne v e r a l l owe d the d a y - t
· to -day s t ruggl e f o r survi va l
in a ma t e ria l i s t i c so c ie ty
to e c l ip se t h e i r a n c i e n t
truths · a nd w i s doms .
T h e Iro quo i s
shoul drpk now fo r a f t e r a l l ,
the y r a re the t r i be s o f the
Ea s te rn Woo d l a nd s a nd , a s such ,
we re growi ng crop s o n thi s
cont i ne n t many tho u s a nd s of
ye a r s b e f ore the Wh i te ma n
d i s c � v e r e d i t i n 1 492 .
And
le t s f a c e i t , we ' ve t urne d
the i r la nd i n t o o ne giga nt i c
ga r ba ge dump .
Do you doubt t h e m ? Will
you he e d the ir warn ing s ?
If
you c a re you mus suppo r t them
i n the i r de c i s io n s to s ta nd
a l o ne , i f t h i s i s wha t the y
wa nt .
Prote s t now t he l e g i s
l a t i on t ha t woul d r o b t h e m
o f the ir b irthfigh t .
Help
t he m i n the i r s truggle a ga i n st
p l a n s t o ma ke them ' i n s tant
citizens ?
Re c o g n i z e t h e Sove r i gn ty
the s ix Na t i o n s I r o quo i s
C o nfe d e ra cy wh i c h ha s e x i s t e �
from a l l a ge s .
A na t io n wh i c h
ha s ne ve r surre nde re d i t s s o v
re ignty , a nd wh i c h ha s ne ve r
be e n d e fe a te d
( ont the c o n
tra ry t h e Iro quo i s we re A l l ie s
of th e Crown ) .
A Na tm n wh i ch
ha s ne ve r g ive n up i t s r i gh t
t o se l f gove rn .
of
•
•
•
If you doub t a ny o f the se
truth s p le a s e fe e l fre e to
che c k out the fa c t s wi th a ny
S c i e nt i s t , E c o l og i s t , o r H i s
t o r ia n .
The y wil l ve r i fy e ve ry
wo rd .
If you wo uld l e a rn mo re
a bout t he Sove re i snty o f the
S ix Na t i o n s C o nfe d era cy , o r a b out
the Pro p he c i e s wh i c h the se pe o p le
h a ve �o r a ll ma nk ind you a re
inv i t e d t o v i s i t the Iro quo i s
v i ll a ge o n the Gra n d Rive r L a nd s
o n summe r Sund ay a f t e rno o n s
to me e t the fa i thful ke epe r s
o f the Longhouse Chie f J o se ph
Loga n , h i s W i fe V e r na , the ir
family a nd frie n d s
( John Morl e y )
( ttHa -Le h�We h -S a i l
- La i " )
( T ronto Cana da )
( Fe brua ry , 1 970 � )
Fl OYD WE STERMAN
RECORDS I N D I AN
P ROTE ST ALBUM
BY GWEN OWLE
S ioux pro te s t s i nge r Floyd
He s t e rma n ha s a new a l bum out
e nt i tle d " Cu s te r Die d for You S i n s "
The sa rdo� i c l yr i c s we re wr i t t e n
by J immy Curt i s and a r e ba se d
upon _ the Boo k . by ..V ine D� lo�ia _Jr .
De l o r ia a l s o a uthore d 'the c o ve r
no te s ,
H e compare s We s t e rma n .
o t the " e ya p a ha , the c rye r o f o l d
who summo ne d t h e camp t o · a c t· i o n .
Floyd will pro vide t he s p � r k .
the ba dly ne e de d war s o ng s . that
thousa nd s h a ve wa ite d to he a r . "
The Album shoud h a ve a w i de
aud ie n c e ; a l o ng wit h a mo de rn i z e d
ve r s i o n of the S i o ux 4 9 s o ng s
a bout p o l lu ti o n a pd · ra ce re l a t i o n s
lance
Ot he r s o ng s sha f t a v i br a nt
i n t o t he r e serv·a ti o n mi s s i o na ry
e ffor t Wa s h ing t o n Ta c kfois ce s
a nd the ubigu ito u s · �nthro p o l o gi s t s "
who s t ill ke e p c oming , l ike d e a th
a n d taxe s to our l a nd ; to s tudy
the i r fe a th e r e d fre a k s w i t h funde d
money in the i r ha nd ;, .
·
·
My favo r i t e , Whe re Wre you
is a b i t t e r que s t i o n .
"Whe re we re yo.u whe n w e ne e d e d
you o u r frie nd
Whe n ,
Whe re we re you whe n we ne e d e d
yo u t o ben d
Now you c l a im t o b e p a r t
S i o ux o r. - Che r o ke
·
�( " THE
JR I T I N G 11
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•
c o nt . )
A t t h i s " t ime n f the Lo nge st
Sha �0� s " I wa n � � o pa s s on to .
you t t e · �ro p he c i e s whJ c h h a ve
be e n t o l d to me by t he Ho de nn sho
nne e s .
A l m A c ro s s C a n a da , �rom
� he M i c -Ma c i n the Ea s t to the
�a i da in the We s t , the Or i g i na l
?e o ple ha ve th e i r p r o p he c ie s ,
e nd the y ta lly to a re ma rka ble
�e gre e .
Here the n , a re some of
the pro p he c i e s o f t he Iro quo i s
"Whe n Ma n c a n no l o nge r dr i nk
th e wa t e r of the s p r i ng a n d the
stre am , t he n ,.,e are ge tt ing ne a r
to t he e n d �
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"Whe n t h e Tre e s s t a r t t o
d ie from t h e to p t he n w e a re
r.e a r the e n d . "
"Whe n the b i r d s c a nnn t ma ke
tr1e i r ne s t on the ground the n
we a r � ge t t ing ne a r th e e nd .. "
"Whe n t he · e a r s o f c o rn o ur �
s�ppo rte r grow ne a r t o t h e ground
we a re ge t t i ng n e a r the e nd . "
" The re w i l l b e a g re a t dark
�e ss c o me ove r the e a r t h , we
�a ve b e e n to ld to ma ke sure we
?- lwa-y s . ha ve e nough ·foo d in t he
�ou s e f o r the l o ng , ' da r k t i me
-:.ha t i. s t o c ome . "
T
"l ERNA LOGAN ( Mo hawk ) wife o f
Shi e f J o se ph Lo gan Iro quo i s v i l l
a ge , S i x Na t i o n s G r a n d R i ve r
::..;;3. nd s .
n The e n d wi l l c ome w i t h
o :ld c ove r ing t h e wa te r s , thi s
w: � 1 c a t ch f i re a nc e ve ryth ing
w: 1 1 b ur n . "
� H IE F JO SE PH LOG AN
·
Mo hawk )
1 Ha - St a -We a �� se r>:� E a -TAH '
:ro quo i s V il l age , S i x Na t io n s
�rand R ive r . La nd s
"�hen o ur c h i l dre n c a n no l o nge r
s p e a k o u r La ngua ge s , t h e n it
is ne a r t he e nd . "
" The C re a t o r s a i d t h a t f i r st
ne woul d t a ke t h e c h i l dre n .
Cme day you w i l l wo nde r whe re
a re a l l the ch i l dre n .
I t is 1
true ma ny of our wome n do no t
wa nt to ha ve c h ildre n a nymore ,
s o you s e e t he c h i l dr e n a re
be ing t a ke n f ir s t . "
"T he t ime o f the p r o he c ie s
i s he re , now .
The a i r i s dy ing
the wa t e r too .
The pl a nt s a re
no t grow ing pro pe rly . "
"\lfuen my p e o ple s hf:3-ll
ga t h e r t o ge the r ih gro up s a l l
s c ro ss t h e l a n d s a y i ng "Wh a t
sha l l we do ? "
the n th i s ne a r
to t he e nd .
A n d t h i s i s wha t
we a re do i ng now ! "
•
•
•
A c k l i n Davey
( Mo hawk )
Six Na t io n s Gra nd rt i v e r La nd s .
( The se pro p he c ie s , I h a ve
be e n t o l d ha ve be e n h a n de d
down s i n c e the t ime o f chr i s t
.
a � d o f the Pro phe t De ga nawi da h ) J . M
" The re a re no t so ma ny
b i rds a nymo r e , you hardly s e e
a wo o dp e cke r The b ird � fe e l
o n t h e i n se c t s t h a t kill the
pla nt s a nd t r e e s . "
" The re a re n ' t the i n se c t �
"
The yS ve
fo r t he b ir d s to e a t .
Ma n i s g? in�
be e n p o i s o ne d .
Everyt hi� ¥ � s
aga i n s t na ture .
The f i sh a re dyin g .
chang i ng .
The wa t e r i s d irtr . "
W i l l a m Smith
( Mo hawk )
S ix Na t i o ns Gra n d R ive r Lan d s
Eve ry o ne o f o ur Ori gina :
P e o p l e I ha ve t a l ke d to who . ,
follo ws the o l d way s a nd s � 1 1 _
re ta i n s t h e a n c i e n t wi s d oma ,
G � o r ge �
say the same t h ing .
s The Noo tka Art i s t Wr� t e r
Clute
t o l d m� tha t " the Whi t e R a i.:�
l
i s de s tr o y i ng i t se l f , ana � i � .
it.
take the ' Ind ia n ' P e o p le wi t n
I f th e e nd i s ne a r , a �
i t : s no
ne a r a s ne a r the e nd
the Or i g i na l Pe 0p.l e
r
wo nd �
a cro s s C a na da to� � Y wa n r. no
•
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c l� se
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C o n t . from page l6 )
But Whe re you whe n we
to t he e nd . "
c ame
"We mu s t h a v e ro ya l i ty o i l
flow.ing oe f o i:-e tha t t ime or� fa c e
Bankrup � c y !·-" · Egan 's t a t e d . :n
The Al bum c a n be o rdere d
from t he I nd ia n Commun i t y A c t io n ·
. Ma ny of ._the -E sk imq_ · '- · _Ind i n .
Bro gram ; - Vemi d j i · S t a te Co l l e ge ,
� nd . l e ut s . · . p� ople of Ala.ska l i'1:e
Yemid j i , Minn . , 5 660 1 fo r $ 5 . 2 5 .
in a : 'i e ve l - o f po ve r ty be low tha t
Yo u ha ve t o a dmire the Pre c e p t i o n o f a nx _ . o f our _ o t he r Ame r i c ans . ·
Re c o rd Company ' s mo de s ty Howe v e �
I wa s pe r s i s t a nt a nd gor th-:� ir
. "We c a nno t lo c k up all the
va s t na tural re sour c e s of t he
a ddr€ s s o ff t he J a c ke t u s i ng a
ma gn ifying gla s s .
1 6 5 We s t sta te o f Ala s ka i n e ve ry co rne r
It i s
4-6 th S tre e t , New Yo rk N . Y . 1 003 $ , of t he la nd ignor ing t he c ry o f
( From the Che ro ke e O ne Fe a ther p o ve r ty ) of huma n wa n t , o f huina n
We d ne s d a y , N o v . 11 , 1970 )
igno r a n c e · a·nd d i se a se wh i c h i t
is i n o u r powe r t o cure . "
�,
. ALASK� . GOVERNOR - SAY S
OIL P I PE L I NE
BOON · To NAT IVE S
A
Wa s h i ng t o n ( Q P I ) l a ska Go v .
Willam A . Egan s a id Mo nda y t he
pro spe r i t y of h i s s t a t e and i t s
pe o ple h i nge s o n a pproval o f the
c ontre ve r s io nal tra ns -Al a s ka n
o il P ip e l i ne .
Al a s k a nE sk imo and Ind i a n
repre s e nta t i ve s , . howe ve r , j o ine d
· c o n se rva t io n i s t in o p p o s i ng the
$1 . b il l io n p i e pe l i ne . I t would
c a r�y o il · 800 mile s south from
Ptudhoe Bay to Va lde z for s h i pme nt
by: t a nke r t o t he U . S . We s t c oa s t .
·
�
But R i c h a rd Fra nk , s e c o nd
Chief of lviinto , an I nd i a n V i l l a ge
20 mile s from the Pipe l ine � i t� ,
And Cha rle s Edwa r d s o n Jr .
e xe cu t i ve D ire c t o r of t he Art i e
siop N a t i ve A s s o c i a t io n wp i c h
repre s e nt s 5 , 000 Ala s k a n E sk imo s
coul d
a r gue d · tha t the p i pe l ine
ru in t he trapp i ng , hun t i ng
wh i c h suppo r t s t he ir pe o poe .
" The E s k imo i s the forgo t t e n
E dwa rd s o n sa i d "
n".
ma
Why :--· i s i t · t}1a t �Je q t e rn c i v:Ll i z a t i o n wo r r i e� · a bout th ings a nd
doe s no t woriy a b out p� o p l e " .
.c
.
�
_ Edwa r d s o n . sa id . if th e � ipe ld
l ine mus t b� built E sk imo s sho�
sha re . in th e pro f i t s a nd be _ pa o �
1 5 . do l l � r s for e ve ry ga l l 6 n of
oil s p il le d .
•
·
·
•
•
·
I nt e r i o r Se c r e tary Ro ge r s
C . B . Mo rton ho s t ing a publ i c h e a
ing on t he p ro j e c t s ·e n vi o rm e nta I
ha z a rd s , prom i s e d to we igh t he
va lue of Ala s k a ' s Wi lderne s s a s
Fra nk s a i d Mint o ' s 1 60 r� s he a v ily a s the po t e n t i a l r i c he s
: ·o f t he pe tr o le um 9 e ve lo pme nt be for ei. d e nt s · fe q e d the o il me n woul a
s
rlil ing o n t he i s su e .
He p ro m i s e d d � ma ge I n d i a n La nd � a z: d s trec!'.lm .
l ik e p ro spe c t or s d i d i n . the Art i e
str inge n t sa fe gaurd s but a d de d
gold ru sh in de c a de s pa � t .
" I c a nno t e ndo rse t h e p h i l o s o phy
th a t we mu s t . i npo $ e a mora t o r ium
Re p s . _ J o hn D . D i nge ll , D �
on re s o ur c e d e ve � q pme nt fore ve r
.
Mi ch . a nd Le s A sp in , D i W i s , · te s
.
in t he Art i e . " :
t i f i e s tha t t he Inte r i o r De pa rt
· Ega n s a i d o il re ve nµe wa s t he me n t s s a fe gua rd s aga ins t rup ture
of t he p ipe l i ne a nd. o t �e r ha z ar � s
s t a te ' s s o l e hope of pro v i d i ng
we re i nsuff i c ie nt Dinge ll wa r�£><l
s e rv i ce s · a nd o ppurtun i t ie s for
· .
of . the "e nvio rmen tal d i s a s ter"
. i t s pe ople .
H e s a i d the
$900
..oil
mil l io n A � a s ka · go t from o i l le� s e a nd s a i d . Ala ska ' s nor t h . sJ , � ri� t
·....- a n a
sho uld b e .b:ip c. .j_ J1 -co-_oqo.:: :i
c: : l . �- 8 _ j "!'1 · �- c; A 9 wo ul d b e gone
by
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OU T O F I T S
C E LLU LO I DS C RE D I T S
B y K e n Bu c k l e y
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.
Pa r a m o u n t P i c tur e s , Ma j e s t i c
m o u nt a i n u s e d i n t h e t i tl e s i s
re a l l y f l a t t o p p e d Mt . K a t a h d i n
w i t h a s u p e r impo s t e d p e a k .
Th i s a t y o u k now , i s a n
o u t a nd o ut l i e .
But i t s o ne
we a re l i a b l e to s p re a d unle s s
P a r a mo un t g i ve s Ma ine A l i t t l e
c re d i t f o r u s i ng Ka t a d i n .
S o u r d n a hunk F a l l s , a d o z e n n r s n
Pa s s a ma q un d d y I n d ia n s a n d a b i t
o f B a c t e r S t a t e P a r k t o f i lm
" A N E', : L Li A F "
( B DN l'-'io n d a y Ma r . 5 · . 1 97 1 )
I ND I A N S
S E T N ,�foJS S TRA I G H T
O l d Town - Whe n y o u g o t o s e e
" A N e w Le a f t h e I n d i a n s a pp e a r ing
in the P i s tur e a re PE N O B S C O T no t Pa s s a ma q uo d dy , a s t he N e w s
a nd o t he r pe o p l e ha ve be e n l e d
t o b e l i e ve .
J o h n S a p p i e r n f I nd ia n I s l a nd
O l d T ow n , s e t t he re c o r d s t r a i g ht
Fri day .
He s h o u l d k now .
Sa p p i e r
t o o k a bo u t 2 5 T r i be me mbe r s t o
t he K a t a h d i n re g io n i n 1 969 whe n
the mo t i o n p i c t ure wa s ma d e
( B DN
3 / 6/71
A s K E S K IMO LAN GU A GE U SE
IN T E A C H I N G E S K IMO S
AT GRA DE LE VE L S
Ye l l � w s t o n e , MWT - T h e N o r
t h we s t Te rr i t o r i e s t e a c h e r s A s s
o c i a t i o n s R t t he i r a nnua l me e t i ng
pa s se d a re s o l ut i o n c a l l ing f o r
a g re a te r u s e o f t he E sk imo La n
gua ge i n t e a c h i ng E s k i mo s tu d e n t s .
T h e A s so c ia t i o n s a i d t h a t
" I t i s t o t he c u l t u r a l e nr i c hme n t
o f a l l C a na d ia n s t o p r e s e r c e t he
E sk imo l a ngua ge a s a wo r k i ng l a n
g1.1 ,-=? P., o. . "
I t a d cl e d t h a t ma ny b a s i c
C < Y· 1 · · , ·: T ) 'i'. 'J r.:: : :: n
. :-: :.. L i . ·:. . J �· -.")
1 .. -:..
m ·-i - t
::
'Y'e r' j
l y
n a t i ve la ngu a g e
T he t e a c h e r s group a s ke d �
t h a t t h e i n s tru c t i o n to E sk im� :
s tu d n e t s be gi ve n i n t h e i s k imo
l a ng u a g e t o t he c o re a re a s o f re
p r i !i a ry gra d e s a c c o mo a ni e d by <.
s t r o n g e mph a s i s o n th e � ng l i s h
l a ngua g e .
A t t h e mo re a dv a n ce d
grade leve l s .
t h e te a c h e r s a s ke d
t h a t E s k i mo , l a nguage t e a c h e i ng
be p r o v i de d .
The a s s o c i a t i o n a l s o a s k e d
tha t s c h o o l i n s t ru c t i o n b e p ro v i d
e d a s mu s c h a s po s s i b le i n a s tu
de n t s h ome s e t t l e me n t : tha t mo re
a dul t e du c a t i o n ma te ra i l
a d e qu a t e
b e ma d e a v a i l a bl e a n d t h a t � s k imo
a dult s be e n c o urage d to p r e s e rve
t ra d i t i o na l a r t s , c ra f t s m a nd s k i l l ;
( C ont . from J )
( Th e Dim i n i sh ing Dom in i on )
the P en o b s c n t T r i be an d the
newly e s t abl i sh e d s tate of Mai n e ,
.
' al l th at was l e f t of the Tribe ' s
s s ive l an d are a wa s f u�
onc e ma
town sh i p s of s i x m i l e s sq � ar�
e ac h , an d 146 i s lan d s beg i nnxn g
a t· O l d Town , M a ine and runn i ing
up rive r to the s o uth of th e
Mat tawamke ag R ive r .
F o r one t� und e r s ta� d th e
bac krn und n e c e s sary to a t temp �
to an swe r th i s q u e s ti n n o f ill
e gally depriva t i on o f Tri bal l an d �
i t wo ul d b e n e c e s s ary t o re turn
t o p re - 1 7 1 3 and e x amine En � i sh
l aw and Engl u s h c o u s tom an�
th e n t o f o l l nw thi s l aw � 1 J
In
c n u s t om thro ugh t t o 1 8 2 0
th s i way o n e � p rep are him s e lf
wi th s uf f i c en t b a c kr o un d t o
then c on s i d� r the p o s s i b l e an s wer .
•
( T o Be C on t i n ue d in N e x t
I s s ue l
G e o rge an d Ha z e l Lorin g c e l e brat e d
the i r 58 th ye ar n f marr i age �n
]\.'.; ;.; r- �� :1. 1 9 c J. 9 7 1 , the y re s i d e o n
· 1 ! � rl.1. ?..Yl T � d �l.c� � ;:in·j J { , 1 �re 9 c h i l q_rcn .
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VOWME 4,
A I � i
I H D I A n
NUMBER 2
MAY
1971
'GREEN CARD' BILL
DISTURBS INDIAN TRIBES
TOBIQUE, N.B. - In what was des
cribed as simply a "traditional meet
ing", Indian chiefs from various
tribes which make up the two great
Northeast nations, have met at the
Maliseet reservation near here to
discuss opposing a piece of u.s.
legislation which would abolish the
green card commuter system.
Sen. Edmund S.
uskie is sponsor
.
ing the bill and his office has been
contacted by Indian interests, ac
cording to Loomis Sappier of the
Maliseet Reservation.
Sappier said he had been told by
the "executive secretary" at Muskie's
office that the legislation would
be suspended until further consider
ations have been made in special
regards to the Indians.
In the subsequent meeting at the
reservations Saturday and Sunday,
the Indian chiefs from the Algonquin
and Iroquois nations, which straddle
the U.S. Northeast and Canada's mar
itimes and Quebec from the coast in
to the Great Lakes region, decided
that the Muskie legislation 'poses
no immediate threat' to Indian pri
�
vileges.
S appie r said that the Indian re
preeentatives were more helpful of
futlll'e legislation along the same
lines which would curtail the Indians
ancient rights 'to go where he pleases
in North America without regard for
the irlternat onal boundaries of white
•n·
In the Jay Treaty between the u.s.
d Canada, it was written that Ins should be free to cross the
�
border with their personal be
longings as they wished.
The reasoning behind the claus
was that Indians, as the or
iginal citizens of1either Canada
or the U.S., could not rightfulJ-:
be made subject to the white man·
boundaries, and were to be allow
ed the boundaries of their own
nations.
The Muskie legislation would
prohibit aliens from residing in
the u.s. for the purpose of work
ing with no intention of becoming
a citizen.
The reasoning for the bill is
that the current green card sys
tem allows thousands of Mexicans
and Canadaians to live and work
in the U.S. thereby increasing
unemployment, lowering pay scales
and boosting welfare costs.
The bill would further provide
economic assistance to border
areas where aliens could commute
to work while residing in their
natural nation.
The Indians, accord�ng to Sap
pier, feared that the Muskie bill
would infringe on their long hon
·ared rights to come and go as thE
They want the bill held
please.
up until special provision has
been made for them in line with
existing treati•s.
(From Bangor Daily News, 6/4/?l)
S�e page 15 for fur
(Ed. Notes
ther infonnat ·on on "this meetin�·
of the North American Tradition�
Unity Convention, held at Tobiq·
N.B. May 29 to Jlst.)
�2
of Lands on Kennebeck River. made
by Six Indian Sagamores, to Richard
Wharton, should be opened and ex
Conference and Trea � y of 1717
hibited to them, which was done
"The Conference between the Eng- and partly-Read, �nd Interpreted
lish representatives on the one hand to them."
Wiwurna replied, "As
far as the West side of the Ken-and the Kennebec, P enobscot, Ammarescoggin (Anasagunticook), and the
nebeck River I have nothing to
Pegwackit Indian tribes on the other, say, but am sure nothing has been
Sold on the East side."
This was
took place on August 9 , 1717 on Arunacceptable to the English, and
rowsick Island at Goerge Town.
The
the Governor answered,
"I ex�ect
conference itself lasted three days
their positive Answer and Complian
with the final treaty being drawn
ce in this matter, that the English
up and signed on the fourth.
The
conference is most interesting in
may be quiet in the posession of
that while on the first and second
the Lands they have purchased."
days of the conference the Indians
It is thus evident that the Inwere adamant in their clailils to much dians were gradually succumbing
to English pressure, but not entire
disputed lands, they completely rely.
versed their position on the third
day, giving in to every English deEarly the next morning the English Man of War was appearing to
mand.
Immediately the Indian�
set sail.
During the first two days of the
sent two men on board who "acknowconference the Indians' spokesman
was Wiwurna from the now extinct Ken- ledged the rudeness and ill man
ners they were guilty of on the
nebec tribe�
When Wiwurna welcomed
previous day, "and asked to con
English resettlement on Indian land,
The English
the English objected telling the in - tinue the conference.
agreed,
terprete r, "They must not call it .
their land, for the English have
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bought it of them and their Ancest�
ors."
At this point the English of
x x x x x x x x x
x
x
fered to show deeds to prove their
claims.
The Indians voiced their object
THE
VISIT
ions to the English claims and1 with
drew to reconsider their position.
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Upon their return for the afternoon
session on this second day, the
LAUNDRYMAT
tribes had reached two important de
cisions.
(1)
The Indians were willing to cut off their claim to land
when visiting the Penobscot
"as far as the M�lls, and the Coasts
Reservation at Indian Island
to Pemaquid."
( 2) The Indians all
near Old Town, Maine.
asserted that no land had ever bee"
purchased from the Indians, although
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some land had been "Alienated" by
way of.gifts made to the white �ett
Indian Owned and Indian run.
iers by the various tribes.
In answer to the first, the Eng
22 Center Street, Indian Island
lish Governor Dummer from Massachu
setts Bay, told the interpreters
Johfi Love, Proprietor.
"Tell them we dieire only what is
our own, and that we will have.
We
While your clothes are washing
will not wrong them, but what is our
and 'drying, why not visit the
In an
own we will be Masters of.·"
nearby Indian gift shops.
swer to the second Indian assertion,
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Great men shall be
put to rule, and the rulers shall
E D I T O R I AL-·sE c ·Tr: o N
be many1
each ruler will want all
the power over the others;
this
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the Great Spirit will call bad,
( Mrs . ) Eugenia T. Thompaon
EDITOR 1
and the Great Spir'i t will come among
them in the form of a man like unto
THE GREAT SPIRIT
themselves, and will stay among t
them, and teach them the way he
" • • • The growing season shall be
wishes them to live,
But their
the Red man's season.
The gatherlove of power will be so great they
ing season shall be the Black man's will slay the great spirit unto
season, and the cold season shall
death.
The Great Spirit will show
be the White man's season.
The sea- them that man hath not the power
sons were divided by the Great
to destroy him, and he shall arise
Spirit, and because the Red man obey-before the, and shall go up beyond
ed the first teaching given unto him,their reach.
His teaching to them
he shall
enjoy a pleasant one.
And shall be hard to understand because
because the Black man did not obey
they did not stop to listen to his
words while he taught them.
when told to look upon the earth
The
when he first opened his eyes, he
Great Spirit who is so good, will
shall always wait to follow the bid- show them that, revenge is not good.
ding of his brother;
and because
and he will let them occupy the Ja.n:
the White man wanted to stay on the for the purpose of mending their
land where he first opened his eyes ways.
He will only say to them
and wanted the Great Spirit to give
that He will never come to them
him all he beheld, the Great Spirit again in peace and that they shall
bade him go toward the setting of
not come to Him until they come
the sun.
The great Spirit saw that like little babes.
A line shall
the man he had made wanted the whole be d�awn between Himself and them-
world, therefore he sent him to
humiliation and obedience only will
The sweetness of the
chase the suni
when he comes to the save them.
great waters he shall make large
earth and love of power will desvessels, s o he can chase the sun ac- troy them.
Before the day of desross the great waters, because he
truction comes, this man shall have
wants all the worldi
he shall slay enjoyed all the power and possessior
he diesire, and he shall have tasthis broth e r because he wants all
ed the sweetness of the earth.
Wher.
things1
he shall sknow no one behe sleeps ae shall sleep on a bed
cause he w ants the power over all
The first born shall slay of flowers scented with roses, he
the earth.
need only reach forth his hand to
the next kindred to himself for the
Power grasp all things for his comforts
want of powe r and possession.
and possession shall be so sweet to he will draw things for his conven
him, that it will turn his nature to ience from the wat er, from the air,
disob e d i e nee1
even the first woman and from deep down in the earths
shall disobey the Great Spirit, and and the Great Spirit shall be look
for this is the time that
bring deat h unto mankind, - -who shall ing ons
He will the man is about to f o rget the death
be s e nt forth to seelc food.
of the Great Spirit--The man not
not heed the s ayings and warnings
of the Great Spirit but shall conhaving repented, is to dig a pit
tinu e in the ways that he likes, un- in the water, the air, and the eartt
wherein he shall fall.
After he
til the Gre at S pirit shall be s o p
shall have dug these pits, then the
provoked he will send a gre at rush
Great Spirit shall show the man His
of water, and all the bad shall be
He s hal l shake the earth,
powe r .
drowned,--but a few sav e d , who wil l
continue to live good , and shall in- because the substance of the water,
a ir, and earth have been d rawn out,
crease until they be like t he sand
and use d for comfort sake, and all
t the earths and shall be able to
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because I have been looking for it
since I read Kenneth Robert's no
vels many years ago.
E D I T 0 R
About every book up until Vine
DeLoria has been-authorized by and
published by - non-Indians - but
Dear Sira
c'est l'vive.
Please send me a copy of "The
Life and Traditions of the Red Man" P.S. Joseph Nicola would have beer
by Joseph Nicola for which I enclose my great grandfather.
Yours,
&J.OO. I am happy to see the newsMary Mahoney (Penobscot)
paper back in circulation and am en*
closing $5.00 to help keep it going.
I am also happy to see that we
Dear Mrs. Thompson,
I recently found out that you
are finally doing something about
Fres�rvi�g our language. I am study- are now printing another news.
letter. Enclosed please find $J.OC
ing it diligently and hope to be
for a subscription. r•ve really
b�e t? continue to do so. r am
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still �ery interested in life on the missed reveiving the news from
home.
Island since I was born there and
Your newsletter is my only
love the memories I have from there.
Please also send me more information link to what's happening on Indian
Island. I haven't lived on the
on the Credit Union since I think
reservation since I was a boy.
this is also a good idea.
Furthermore, since my Uncle
Anxiously waiting to hear from
Jack (Bluejay) and my grandmother
you, I remain,
died, I seldom visit. (I hope to
Mrs. June (Rance) Lane
visit in June.
Springfield, Mass.
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If there are any "Skeegins"
in the hite Mountain area tell
Dear Jean1
them to stop and say hello.
Enclosed please find enclosed
Sincerely,
check for $6.oo. $J.OO for the mvn
Ron (Sunny) Ranco
thly subscription of the Indian News
Indian Trail Gifts
letter and the other $J.OO is for
North Conway, N.H.
the book of The Life and Traditions
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of The Red Man. Leslie always talk
ed·about his grand�ather writing this Dear Mrs. Thompsons
Thank you for your �ecent le
book but never could find it. I hope
he remembers some of the context of ter. I am unable to provide you
it. I am also interested in another with the infonnation you request.
book "The Indians of the Androscog I have taken the liberty of for
warding your letter to Mr. Irving
gin Valley by Charles M. Starbird,
Lewiston Journal Printshop 19 28. If Powless of the Onondaga Tribe in
New York, He may be able to assis
you can get one I would appreciate
you.
it. I am very happy the Maine In
If I can assist you in some
dian Newsletter is back in print.
other way, please write again,
Good luck and keep up the good work.
Sincerely f)Ours,
Sincarely,.
Leo W. Vocu, Oglala Sioux
Mrs. Leslie (Valentine) Ranco
Acting Executive Director
Indian Moccasin Shop
National Congress of American
Wells, �1aine
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Glad to see you "back in print".
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Hope this new effort will be success-M�rtinwhoseeptune! Penobscot �till
case 1� conrt i �
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$5.
ful. Enclosing two checks
wait1�g for a �earin� on failing
for a subscription, and $J.OO for
)to report for induction. See MINL,
the book, Life and Traditions ••• (etc
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I feel I have a priority on this book Vol. 4, Number 1 for story
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Please send me the monthly Maine
Indian News letter to the ad d res s be
Enc l o s ed is a check for a re
low,
gular ( 3 .00) s ub s c ription and put
the balanc e toward s Martin Neptune ' s
court expens es .
Bes t regard s to
Martin , Ken and wish you s uc c es s
with the News letter.
S potted Eagle
All Indians Coalition
Box 3 73
NYC , NY
10022
Brothers & Friend s :
Enc l o s ing $).00 pleas e s end
me the Newsletter..
And pleas e
maybe y o u c an help me .
I was
brought up to believe I was des
cended from the Penobs c ot Tribe
but am having trouble trying to
trace back .
I have got t o S t o c k
bridge , Vermont about 1850 .
I
have written the town c lerk in
that t own three times and s ent
money for the fee but can't get
an answer.
Any help would be ap
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Dear Mis s Thomps ons
Red Fox
Your recent letter to the Indian
·Chief Medic ine Man
Rights A s s o c iation has been referr
N orth American
ed to me as Chairman of the Law Com
Indian Club , Inc .
mittee.
( Ed . Notes I d on't know of any
We deeply regret that we c an be
work that is being d one in the
We have
of no material as s is tance.
c ompilation of des cendents of Pen
limited financial res ourc es , and be
obs c ots.
The only advice �c ould
cause we have s o many c alls upon our
give at this time is to c heck in
As s oc iation to as s ist individual In
the census rec o rd s , whic h are be
dians in their s c ra pes with the crim ing maintained at the Department
inal law , we have a d o pted a policy
of Indian Affairs , in the State
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Pas samaqu oddy in their land claims .
Dear Mis s Thomps ons
Our Law Committee sees no merit
Thank you for your telegram
in the legal po s ition taken by Mr,
of December 2 urging my s upport
Neptune .
He is a c iti z en , and mus t
for the action to return the Blue
be s ubject to all United S tates law ,
Lake lands in Kit Cars on Fore s t
wh ether he approves of it or not.
I appologiz e
to the Tao s Pueblo.
Old Treaties and c us toms , h owever
for the delay in my res ponse .
venerable , are rendered ineffec tive
A s you probably know by now:y
The
by s ubs equent A cts of Congres s .
the a c tion to return these land s
s uc ceeded , and t�e bill was s igned
•oraft Laws " maRe no exc eptions for
Penobsc o t Indians , as s u c h,
The Pen into law .
I wa� pleas ed to be
able to lend by s upport t o this
obs c ot Indians are not "Federaliz ed"
amendment , and I was very happy
Indians , and thus have n o overriding
that the S enate vote was favorable .
special privileges granted by the
Pederal Government .
Thank you for taking the time
to let me know of your s upport and
We wis h him well , but regret that
we are in no p o s ition to a s s is t him .
r- appreciated being ad
interes t,
vised .
Faithfully ymrs ,
S incerely ,
Leo T. Connor
Edmund s. Mus kie
Indian Rights Ass o c iation
United S tates S enato
1505 Rac e S treet
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Other Penobs c ots ,
Philadelphia , Penn.
The J o hn Sapiel s , and the Mic hael
19102
Crawfo rd s als o s ent telegrams . I
(Ed. Notea I w ould like to refer
h o pe S en . Muskie wili help when
your Law C ommittee to Mad Bear's
ever we get around to as king for
Pindings , part of w hi c h will be rethe return o f Mount Katadhin . )
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WASH IN G TON, D.c. (AIPA)
Am erican Indians were called the "First
The following is from an article
environmentalists" at the opening
entitled "Indian Values and Atti
of Earth Week activities here.
tudes," printed in Smoke Sign al s ,
"There are no people more
a Newsletter put out by the St. Pau:
sensitive to our natural environ
American Indian Center.
ment than are Indian People·,"
remarked Rogers C. B. Morton, Sec
retary of the Interior, .to a group
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of educators from Indian boarcting
present oriented
and da;>' schools across the country. 1.
2. lack of time consciousness
Traditional Indian reverence �
for nature marked the theme of the
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respect for age
five-day meeting of educators for
an Indian Environmental Education
5. cooperation rather than com -�&
Workshop at the Bureau of Indian
petitiveness
Affairs here and Catoctin Mountain
6. harmony with na�ure
Park, Maryland.
lorton told the group that
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Indian history, religion and philo1.
sophy all reflect a oneness with
future oriented
nature.
2.
time conscious
3 . saving
He said environmental education
in nd an schools is an "exciting
4 . emphasis on youth
beginning" and will provide Indian
competition
5.
childre n with an "opportunity for
6. conquest over nature
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leadership beyond anything I've seen (Ed notes
to p nn d e r.)
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mental awareness to children across
the country," Morton said.
The MAINE IN DIAN NEWSLETTER was1
Miss Silma Victor, Chactaw,
run off on. the mimeogra�h machine
recently appointed as
orton's
Special Assistant for Indi an Affairspelonging to the Penobscot Indian
Corpbration, Inc.
praised' the BIA program as a means
Much thanks to their corporation
�f directing a new level of
for their cooperation.
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LIBRARY1ENLARGED= Indian Island;
Louis R. Bruce, Commissioner of
housed
Indian Affairs, said the e nvironm e n-The I ndian Island Library,
in the scho�l has beery greatly
P i s desig�ed
tal awareness program
Many addit10
enlarged th is sum�er.
to infuse an awareness of the
books have been'added, both old and
envir o nm e nt into traditional art,
Adu i t books as well as child•
new,
mathematics, english, history, and
Until now only 'children's
res's.
social studies, as well as in the
books could be found on the shelves
sciences, where it often rests."
many ad u lt
Bruce was asked how environmenta1 but with th� addition of
books it is. hoped that parents
awaremess could be infused in
and other adul t s will use the .
Indian children when they often
library and ta ke out books wpich
see their lands indi s c riminately
,
they might like to read.
destroyed by dam building and
Anyone h av ing books the� wish
s uperhi�hway construction.
to donate should contact S�ster
"We are taking steps to correct
Celestine, Indian Island.School,
that situation," Bruce r ema rked .
near Old Town, �aine
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'INVISIBLE INDIANS' TO GET HELP
By Daviq Bright,
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City Deek
Kenneth Curtis and his staff on the
project.
As things stand now, the agency
will be set up through the Augusta
OEO office. Bangor-based, it will
provide an office and staff .who can
provide infGrmation and financial
assistance tG off-reservation In
dians to help them get adjusted to
the new life they seek when they
leave the reservation.
"Indians'WJJ.nt an educatinn, job
training, and other things white
We'll be able to
people can gat.
We'll know how
help them get it.
to help them apply and we'll be ablr
to get them emergency assistance to
pay rent and food bills until they
Mrs. McGrane saic
get established,"
"These are things the state owes
"We'r� not going
them." she said,
to go around soliciting money from
We'll
people and organizatinns.
e�ist to see that off-reservation
Indians are provided with the same
things the Depa rtment of Indian Af
While most Maine people ignore,
and others fret over, the plight of
Maine Indians, one smal l group of
Indians has been quietly working to
improve their plight.
They are concerned with the "invisible Indians,"
those living off Maine's three reservations.
The off-reservations Indians, who
make up the majority of the tribal
census have found themselves in a
unique position.
To the white man
they are still Indians, but to many
of their b rothers, they are white
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They settle, uncertain, someplace
in the �iddle.
If, like many of the state• s population, they cannot find a job or
need financial help for another reason, even getting getting welfare
On the reservacan be a problem.
tion there is no problem, as a simple request to the Indian Agent will
bring results.
But those who have
fairs provides the Indians living
chosen to live off the reservation
on the reservations."
often run into problems.
Purdy and Mrs. McGrane feel the·
Basically, the people who have
Indian Affairs Department plays too·
the �oney, whether they be municiheavy on Indian culture and heri
pal welfare directors, the Departtage in it's handling of Indians.
ment of Indian Affairs or the DeCulture and heritage don't feed
partment of Health and Welfare, find
t easy to turn down off-reservation your kids,0 Mrs. McGrane said. " In
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dian cultura doesn't mean starving
Indians.
They don't fit the dataand scraping in the dirt for your
gories1 they belong somewhere else.
You don't have to wear fea.
"Off-reservation Indians are heirs needs.
thers �o p;ove you're p�oud to be
to al l t�e rights and privileges of
an Indian
reservation Indians
granted to the
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The agency is currently waiting
tribes in place of
the Indian
final approval .and fun�ing, and if
land �aken from them," feels Mrs.
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·Phyllis McGrane, hersalf a Penobscot all goes well will be in operation
There are close to 390
living off the Indian Island Reserv- by August.
off-reservation Indians in the Banation.
9or ar7a alone -who �ould get immed"But unfortunately, many don't
i ate aid. Another six to seven hunknow what their right s are
or who
dred Indians in o ther parts of the
to turn to when in need of 1help.
sta e would also be affe ct ed
That's what our agency will do, it ' l l
Once we ge� people fed and on
be a clearing house for all off- re their way,'' .Mrs. McGrane said, "may
servation Indians,"
be they' l have time to worry abouf
The agency �'N3. McGrane refer s to
culture.
is one she and George Purdy, a Passrom the B angor Daily News,
amaqu oddy living in Bangor, h a�e ba!'l (F
une 1, 1971,)
working on fo r several months.
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have trnveled often to Augusta and
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t reat ies made, or which shall be
made, under the authority of the
INDIAN ISLAND, Old Town, Ma ine
Uni t ed States, shall be the Supreme
Miss Pauline s. Shay, 78 , of In- Law of t he land.....
d � an Island, died at a Bangor hos2. (d.) All Indians with treaty
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p1tal on May 21 following a long
� iv ing in the so-calle d territorial
illn:ss.
limits of the United States strong.
M1ss Snay was born at Watch Hill, ly and unan imously·oppose d the pa
sR.I., Aug. 23, 1892, daughte r of
sage of this Act, and still openly
Sabbatus and Margaret (Ranco) Shay. re gard it as Illegal!
She at t e nded scho ols in Rhode Is(e,) QUESTION1 If an Indian
land, Massachusetts, Old Town, and denounce s his so-called citizenship
at Hebron Academy.
of the Unit ed Stat e s, and pledges
She had operated a basket store
h is alleg iance to his own respect
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on Indian Island for many ye ars and ive Indian Nation, is he deported,
had also boarded Indian children
and if so, to whe re?
and adults.
(f,) QUESTIONs Can a citizen
She was a membe r of Ind ian Is�
of the Un ited State s have a legal
land Bapt1st Church and a.reg iste r- treaty w ith his own Nat i on?
· (g,) The 1924 Citize nsh ip Act
ed membe r of the Penobscot Tr ibe of
Indians.
(re garding Indians) referred to
Survivors include one s iste r,
Ind ians, " • • ,within the territorial
Mrs. Viole t Francis, Indian Islands l imits of the United States • • • "
one brother, Leo Shay, Hampt on Be"J. Se ct, 2 of the U_,s. Presiach, Va. ; seve ral nieces and nep-·
dential Proclamation 2572, in rehews,
ference to the draft re adss " • • • an�
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and it further statesa (In section
Ja of the said proclamation) "all
(Ed. Notes In respo nse t o lett e rs persons liable for training and
that were sent out to int e re sted
se rv ice shall be the followings
pe ople who could give adv ice , and
every male citizen of the United
information wh ich would help Mart in States or person who has declared
ijeptuee case , we received a lette r his inte ntion to become such a cit
'from the Indian Rights Assoc iait ion, izen.,,"
which is repr inte d on page 5. In
(a.) The above would only apply
orde r to unde rstand Martin's be liets to Indians who had accepted citizen·
portions of the se findings are re- ship in the United States by their
printed,)
own will or volition, or had made
"2,
The old argument that "In- a "declaration of intent" to become
dians are citizens of the United
such a citizen!"
States by virt ue of the 1i24 Cit5, These findings are not inizenship Act, and are thus subject tended to discourage Indians from
to the draft laws of the United
accepting cit izenship in the Un
States" is purely nonsense be causes ited States, voluntarily join ing
(a.) Force d Citizenship violat- the Arme d Forc�s o! the �nit7d States, or becoming conscientious
es Int e rnational Law.
(b.) Forced Citizenship violat- objectors", but rathe r to protect
e s our treaties and the sovereignty those Indians to whom it applies,
of our Indian Nations.
in order that the y may more fully
( c . ) Forced Citizenship violates e njoy their rights and privilege s€
Article 6 Sect i o n 2 of the Unit e d
"tre aty-Indians", whose only desire
is to live· ' in peace with all man
State s Constitution which re ads r
"This constitution and the Laws of kind. "
the Unite d States, which shall be
Mad Bear, Tuscarora Nation,
made in pursuance there of, and all
Iroquois Confederacy
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Maine Revised Statues, Title 36, section 6 54 (1) (c),
sta't=es..\. "The poll3 and.estates of the following person are
ex�pt' from ta.x�tionr· ··The polls and estates of only those
Indians who reside on tribal reservations," Furthermore,
Title 36, section 501 (1) readss "'Estates shall be construed
to mean both real estate and personal property."
Most people
have always taken this to apply to land which an Indian owns
or uses within the reservation.
But as a rereading of the
statute clearly reveals and as the legal section of the Maine
Municipal Association explained in their monthly magazine
during the winter of 1968
1 6 9 , this statute also exempts
all real and personal property from taxation anywhere in the
state of Maine, so. long as the Indian owner resides on one
of the three Reservations.
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If you are an Indian residing on one of the three reserv
ations in Maine, and have erringly paid such a tax, the le
gisl�ture has provided a method by which you may make a claim
for a refund.
Title 36, section 504 provides that a person who has
inadvertantly paid such a tax to bring an action against the
municipality in the Superior Court, in the same county,
"and the person shall recover the sum not raised for a le
gal ob j ec t, with 25% interest and oosts, and any damages
whic h he has su stained by reeeon of mistakes, errors or om
missions o f suc h o ffic ers."
In a c tual prac tic e, people who have had such taxes
c o llected wrongfully have been able to obtain a refund.
There are court cases �hich have b�en favorable on this
point-as well.-· One· in· particular is an old case, Foss vs
Whitehou se 94 Me. 491, 48A,109, heard in 1901 in which the
Maine Supreme Judical Court held that when a tax collector
demanded and received from a tax payer more than was due,
and more than appears to be due according to his lists, he
must refund the excess to the tax payer, even though he has
paid the amonnt into the town treasury.
This does not mean you must not pay the tax in question.
On the other hand, if you
If you wish to pay it, you may.
qualify for the exemption, and feel you can not afford to
give your money away, then it appears senseless to do so,
Written by
Kenneth c. Thompson
Attorney at Law
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KA IANE REK OWA
The lineal
desc ent o f the people of the Five Nations shall
the female line. Women shall be considered the progenitors
They shall o wn the land, and the soil.
Men and
of the Nation.
women shall follow the status of their mothers.
run in
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THE C OMMUNICATIONS GAP
What L i fe M ight Be l ik e
I f There Had Bee n No C omm
unications Gap Betw e en
Co lon ist and I nd ians
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The Bound ing Elk
Of Tha Turtle Clan
Once upon a t ime , R e n e '
Robert Caval ier , S ie ur d e La
Sa lle , the now famous Fr ench
explorer, was a passe nger in a
B irchbark canoe be ing paddle d
westward a long t h e S outh shore
·or Lake i'Jlichigan by four Abenaki
Ind'.ans.
It was a pleasant summe r
day somet ime in tne early 1600's
in a part of t he cont inent claim-
e d by France as New France , later
c al l e d C anada .
Now o f course ,
the are a l i e s w ith in the j ur is
d ict ion o f the U n i t e d S tates of
Ame r ica .
The four Abenak i Ind i an :
paddl e rs were t ak ing La.S al le t o
the port age b e tw�en the lake and
the Il l i no is R iver , a Route wh i ch
wou ld e v e nt ual l y carry h i m t o
his famous d iscovery of t h e M iss
iss i p p i R ive r , and al low h im t o
cla im t h e m idd l e port ion o f what
is now k nown as " lou is iana" in
t h e name of K ind Lou i s of Franc e .
Actually , the Ind ians, knew
about t he p lace a ll along , or
t h e y could not have t ak e n h im
t here , but the y d i dn't count ,
so LaS a lle d iscover e d it anq be
came famous .
N e e dlass to day , LaSalle
d i dn' t talk much Algonqu ian
language , eve n of the A benak i
d iale ct,
L i k e wise , h is padd l e rs
knew a l i t t l e fren c h , gut not
much.
The commun icat i ons gap
was r e al , but t h e y w e r e able to
make a go 0£ i t for seve ral thou
sands m i les of c anoe paddl ing ,
wh ich speaks w e ll for t he i r at t
e mpt t o commun i c at e.
We know , however, tnat
somet h i ng was lost in t ranslat i on
because we can e xam i ne the Abenak i
I nd i an words used above which
have come into our language toda.y
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and see what they actually mean ,
and t ry to imag ine how t he m is
unde rstand ing came about
Wh ile t he �ale we sp in here
may be apo c ryphal , at b e st , there
is a great deal of fac t ual mat er
i a l in it .
Only t he inc idents
are dev ised .
Cast your m inds back , i f
you w ill , t o that ple asant
summer day when LaSalle asked
t he I nd ian behind h im , the owner
of t he ·canoe , what he called t he
ve ssel in wh ich they were t ravel
ing
Finally get t ing t he message
across o f what t h e bearded French·
man wanted-�. to know , the A benaki
canoeman looked at his old fre igh·
t canoe , const ruct e d s e v e ral �
spr ingt imes earl i e r , and replifJ<i
"en-ga'h-nool(my old boat ) , " wh=
ich LaSalle du i t i fU l ly wrote down
as he he ard i t , "c-a-n-o-e, "
Now i f the re truly hAd been
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no commun i c at ions gap , there woulc
have been no need for t he quest io1
But i f the Ind ian had t ruly
understoodth e question and t he
r�ason for its be ing asked , he
m ight have replied d ifferently.
He may have g iven the stan
dard Algonquin term for canoe�
nah-gwe-e-den (my f loater) ana
the whole course of h istory might'
have be e n changed , includ ing the
name of tne popular line of im
ported men"s a ft e r-shave toilet
er ies,
Camps would be stag ing
"Agweeden rac es" instead of caMd'
races and t he boy scouts would
be awardingAgweeden Merit Badges,
Wdnder what it would be i f
t he can� .1ad been brand new 1
ie�
T he Ind ian would have repl
boat) . "
"en-be-e-loo l(my new
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paddling
Ho� would you l ike to be
"canoe?
a "b i loe " instead of a
ned,
It would have happe
group
Paddling onward, t he
e st ern Shore
caughtsight of the W
LaSalle• c
o f La.ite Mich igan , which
e,
cou rse had never seen befor
that the
and remeber, please,
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cont.from p 10)
four Abenak_i Ind ians were from no
thern New England, called by the
French, Acadia, and also claimed by
them.
So to the paddlers, that distant shore was a foreign country,
even
hough it was occupied by Al
gonquins.
Not only was it foreign,
but because it was not home, it was
a place to be held in comtempt be
cause of their own national prid@.
Now, we must inject an under
standing of Algonquian, particular
ly Abenaki Indian, humor, by saying
th�t i� is regularly "smutty".
No
thing Jis so funny to an Indian as
a good d irty joke, unless it is
playing a good dirty practical joke
on some unsuspecting wa- y-nooch
(foreigner) who doesn't get the
joke,
Our explorer, monsieur de la
alle, excitedly asked the Indian
in front of him what he called that·
land ftover yonder."
There can be no d oubt that the
other Indians �early split their
sides with hilarious laughter as the
padd ler replied , "mi-j-i-gun"(feces),
Oblivious to �he joke played
on all subsequent North Americans,
particularly on the resid ents of t
that great state, LaSalle jotted t
.the word d own as he heard it, "m·t�· ·e-h- -g-a.-n."
The joke's on �s,
and it's a joke that survives today
e.mong Abenaki Indians (and that�s
a true fact).
(Continued in June's is!rue)
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THE-DAM.WATER
"I went down to the dam to
ask the d am man if I could have
some dam water.
The dam man said
I couldn•t\·havs any dam water, so
I said to the dam man, 'You can
keep your d am water.• So the dam
man kept his dam water.•
As told by Adrian Loring and
Rodney John Francis (Penobscots),
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PLACE
From the back of my mind there is
a place
A place where there is all love
no hate
A place that has no cars, roads,
cities, -industry-pollution
A place where the sun shine never
stops
A place where my people, the In
dians can live once more without
being put on a reservation
A place where we can roam free
A place for you and me.
by
a Penobscot Indian
Denise Mitchell
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CENSUS OF THE PENOBSCOT TRIBE OF
INDIANS AS COMPILED BY THE TRIBAL
COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 11, 19 71,
AT INDIAN ISLAND, MAINE.
Number of persons on the census
list of 19 71••••••••••••••• :.s2a
Number of births during the
year••••••••••••••••••••••••• ,lJ
Indian women added by marriage.�1
Members not previouslympcrted, ••6
Children added by adoptio�·:·:•lO
Members lost through inel1g1b1litY••••••••••••••····· ········o
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Members abandoned by tr1be •••••• o
Deaths during the year••••••••••6
Increase in the tribal member•
ship,••••••••••••.••••••••.•••• •
Number of persons on the list
during 1970 •••••••••••••••••• 795
Inactive list •••••• ,'•.••••••••• 1,26
Absentees •••••••• , •••••••••• , ••• 0
Reinstatea ••••••••••••••••• , •••• o
Marriages, both parties Indian•• 2
Marriages, Indian and White ••••• 4
Voted
that people not repor�
i�g for year or longer b� put on
inactive list and there would be
no more absentees on the active l�
JO days residence would be requir·
ed to bo reinstated on the active
list.
I hereby certify that the fo
going Census List is oorr�ct as
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(Ce nsus
continue d from page 11.)
reporte d by the Pe nobscot C ommitte e
of the Penobscot Indians on Thurs
day, Fe b. 11, 1971.
Governor Francis Ranco
Witness to Signature
James H, Mur�hy , Notary
Public , Commission e xpire s
January 19, 1973
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$200,000,000 FOR NAVAJOS
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FROM PEABODY COAL MINING
By Wi lliam H
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Keste rt
Peabody C oal Co . o f St.Louis isn't
go ing to mak e the Ar izona dese rt
e xactly blo om, but the $200,000,00C
it will pay the Nava j o and Hopi
Ind i ans will go a long way..
T he Penobscot Tribal Committ e e
c o nsiste d of the foll owing members
T hat is the amo unt o f royalty and
that w e re prese nt on the above date i wages Pe abody e xpe cts to pay t he
tw o tr ibe s to m i ne coal on the ir
land for the ne xt 35 ye ars .
G overn or Franci s Ranco, Lt . Gove r
nor Frank Loring , Commiss i o ne r o f
The lease s with Pe abody require it
Indian A ffairs , James Murphy, T he
to ope rate in a sa fe and workman
re s a Sne ll , Paul ine Love, Be atr ice
like manne r and av oid waste o f the
Ph i ll ips, Rita Dana , Franci s Mit
chell, N i cho las Sap i e l , Wilfr ed Peh land .
They state that Peabody must re t u7
rs on , John Sapie l , M i chael Ranco .
Black Me sa to.the tr ibes " in as
Thre e me mbe rs we re not pre se nts
go od condit i o n as re ce ive d , e xce pt
Irv ing Rance , Gle n Lo lar , and Dan
for ord inary we ar, te ar and d e ple�
ie l Mitche ll.
tion incid ent to mining ope rationL
(Ed. note s
So once aga in we know
t
The company ' s plans have b e e n ap
wh o's who and who's not
J
proved by the Navajo and Hopi co*
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unc ils , the Bureau o f Indian Af
fa irs and the u�s. Ge o logical Sur(Ed. note s
the following adv e rtise vey .
Whene ve r feasible , P eabody plans
me nt was tak e n fro m the Lad i e s Home
to divert surface run- o ff wate r
Journal, January 1971 issue . For
so the final mining cuts can be
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those who like to pre te nd read o n.
u s e d to cre ate lak e s , which will
se rve as reserv o irs for cattl e and
WHO OPEE
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Any tiny ch i e f will give a
who op and a ho llar over th i s 6 - fo o t Pe abody continue s to explore the
wigwam set.
Assemble s e asilya pole s reservatio n for additional coal
d e p o s its.
�re rubbe rcapped to prote ct flo ors .
(From S t . Louis Post Dispatch,
Includes rubbe r tomahawk , bow and
arrow , he addre ss, and "pe ace " pa int . January 26, 1971.)
Ke e ps youngste rs on the fun path for
(Ed . notei
Pe abody Coal Co, oug�t
$J.98 plus
hours, while you re lax.
to take the ir �one y and teach t�
62¢ for p ostage
Ord e r from Spartan
res ide n ts o f Los Angeles and Ph��
Sales, Yonke rs, N.Y.
ix a b o ut curbing pollution and
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preserving na ture .
It s e ems tha�
the de adline is near for all of u:·
to regain this basic understandin1
NOTE
o f our relationship with nature,
ft
If you wish to continue receiv to st op the iving and s t art thri
ing. It is ele ar that nature· is
ing the Maine Indian Newsle tter,
overburdened with useless wast e r
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send i n the subscription, blank and
and could cease support o f mankir.'
y our check or money o rd e r . o r cash.
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INDIANS HUNT DEER
By B il l Ge agan
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t he swo llen c arcas s o f a be l ly
d r i l led buck , he s a id sad ly 1 M Th is
i s the c rue l and was t e ful re s u lt
( C ont inue d from Apr i l ' s i s s ue . )
o f tyr ing t o cat ch a d e e r l "
Sylve s t e r and all of my other
ne cks o f two d o e s fo l lowed by the
Ind ian fr i e nds agre e t hat " pus s y
amaz ingly l ong neck of a very cur
foot " s ta lk i ng is pretty muc h a
i ous buck appe are d above the tall
was t e of t ime and e ffort . T he
gras s l it t le more than a canoe len wh itet a i l , t he y c la im , can eas i ly
gth away .
hear o r s c e nt the app�oach o f the
The buc k , a bulle t t hr
ough the throat, was e as i ly -mine ,
mos t sk i lled hunte r and s l ip qu i e t
and N e e dahb e h laughed .
" You d idn ' t l y away far ahead o f h im . And they
be l i ev e me d id you? M he s a id .
" It ' s po int out t hat many t ime s the d e e r
my own l it t le t r i c k and it w i l l pay
won ' t make t he e ffort to sneak away .
off almos t eve ry t ime in the right
but w i l l l i e curled and qu i e t in
s itua t io ns ! "
the midday be d and let t he brus h
He was r i ght ,
When u s e d c or
break ing hunt e r pas s .
re c t ly and in i d e a l s i tuations , h i s
!'poo f of a l l t h i s was revealed
method has brought many d e e r to my
s eve ra l years ago by a s tudy c on
duc t e d at the Cus ino W i ld l i fe Ex
gun .
The be hav ior o f the wh i t e ta i l
p e r ime ntal S tat ion in M i c h i gan , in
i s c ontr o l l e d by hab it and curos ity a 1 � i ghfenc e d s q uare - mile of mixed
alm o s t to the po int of s tupid ity .
fore st . Thirty-nine d e er-seven
Like a t r i c k l e o f wat e r , the s e d e e r
buc ks , fourt e e n doe s, and e ight e e n
fo l low the pa.th o f l e a s t re sistan c e fawns -we re re leas e d there , and s ix
ge n e ra t i o n a ft e r gene rat ion u s ing
expe rienced hunt e rs were a s k e d t o
the s ame o ld t r ials , c ro s s ings ,
t ry t o locate the� . - It requ i re d
drink i ng plac e s , and ope n ings t hr
four days o f care ful s earc h i ng t o
ough barr i e r s , natural and manmad e .
s e e a s ingle buc k l · Dur ing a c on
And the y w i l l go a l l-out to inv e s t
t inu ing four-year pe r i od w it h at
leas t thirty-four d e e r w i t h in the
igat e the unus ual .
fe nc e d m i l e , t he be s t s i ghting re
T n e Ind i a n i s we l l aware o f
cord by ve t e ran stalk e rs was four
all t h i s .
By tak ing full advantage
t e e n hours to get w ithin ' shoot ing"
o f s u c h we akne s s e s , along w i th h i s
inf i n i t e pat ience and c ompl e t e know range o f any an ima l , inc lud ing fawn£
and fifty-one hours to locat e one
ledge o f the natural environment,
buck .
he is t h e mos t s u c c e s s fu l of a l l
In a s im i l iar pro j e ct in S outh
d e e r hunt e rs up in the Northe ast.
Dakota , re s earche rs attached a ra
The Ind ian hunts mostly by the o ld
d i o trans m itt e r to a buc k s o that
ada ge that "e v e ryt h ing come s to he
t hey might follow h is movement s ,
who wa i t s , " but , e x c e pt during the
and eve n t i e d bri ght-orange s t re am
day- l ong act iv ity of the rut t i ng
e rs through h i s e ar tags to help
s &as on , h i s v i g i l s are kept on ly in
the hunt e rs s e e h i m . The e x p e r i the e arly mor ing and whe n the day
� me ntal buck wa s then re l e as e d in
is o l d .
A no c t urnal animal, t he ·
the S l im But t e s are a .
Five s eas on•
d e e r s le e ps curled in c o n i fe rous
ed hunte rs fa i le d to f ind even a
t h i cke t s be twe e n s uc h pe r iods , e s
t rac e of the animal in s e v e n days
pe c ia l ly o n t ho s e days o f s evere
of cautious pr ow ling .
c o ld , ra in , s nows t orms , and high
T hre e ot t h e hunt e rs were then
w ind
e s e nt int o t he e xact area whe re the
S ylve s t e r Franc is saids . "�her
rad i o beams s h owe d t he buck t o be
are two s t r ik e s on the hunt e r who
l o c a t e d . A care ful bush-t o-ilow
i e s to c at c h d e e r napping -who
tr
d owns earch s e a rc h from dawn to d u s k
s at
tak e s fas t and d if fic u l t shot
fa i le d to pro d u c e the s ight or s ou�(
And whe n in Ma ine ' s
flying flags . N
o f the t e s t d e e r .
All fiv e hunt e rs
ous region one day we
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upon t wo d e e r , one a bad ly
wound e d d o e and dying , and lat e r
came
went
int o act i on the ne xt day with
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( How I nd i a.n s
t h e rad i o- b e am i ng h im i n pre c i s e ly.
But eve n then t he d e c orat e d buck
was n ' t l o c at e d unt i l the s e ar c h e rs
we re c o m i n g out in the e ve n in g , and
one o f t h e m nearly s t umb l e d ov e r
h im c u r l e d t i ght und e r � bru s h h e a p .
T he I nd ians a l s o ins i s t , and
have many t ime s d e mons trat e d t o my
pope y e d ama z e m e nt , t hat wall ing i s
much more s u c c e s s fu l i f t he hunt e r
t ak e s advant age f o t h e d e e r ' s f i e r c e
c u r i o s i t y and ins t e ad o f pus s y f o o t
i ng , c ra s he s s w i f t ly al ong through
Appare nt ly c onv inc e d
the b rus h .
t�a t it i s n o t be ing s talk e d b y man
or natural pre d at or , it o ft e n wa i t s
o r c i rc l e s qu i e t ly ba ck t o ge t a
l o ok at t he a.pproac h i ng no i s e make r .
T h e r e qu i r e m e nt s for s uc c e s s are
fas t e ye s and a fas t gun .
T h i s bru s h - c ras h i ng , l e a f- ra t
t l ing , twig- E?a p p ing pro c e dure , I
have l e arne d ove r t he y e ars , v e ry
o ft e n pro•uc e s d e e r for hunt e rs d ur
i ng p e r i o ds of s ev e re drought whe n
t he w o o d s a re e x treme ly br i tt l e .
Wh i l e o n a j aunt f o r d e e r i n
N ew B ru ns w i c k , a v e ry o ld M i cmac
c a l l e d o nly " Old I z aak " d em o n s t rat
e d c o nv i n� i ngl y what a pus h o v e r t h e
wh i t e t a i l i s for t h e unus ua l .
Old
I z aak had a .. ca l l " he had mad e and
H i dd e n in a c e da r t h i c k
swore by .
� t . we l o o k e d d own a we l l-worn run
way tw i s t ing out o f a d e ns e s pruc e
My Ind ian fr i e nd ra i s e d t h e
swamp .
c a l l t o h i s w i t h e r e d l i ps .
He bre at h e d e a s i ly i n t o the
l it t l e i n s t rume nt a nd a s o ft pla i n
t iv e c ry s ound e d t hrough t h e fo re&
Aga i n and a ga in at 1 0-minut e int e r
And f i na l ly ,
vals he s ound e d i t .
w i t h in a hal f h o u r , a v e ry large
and i n qu i s i t iv e d o e w i t h t w o fat
fawns c ame fn>m the s wamp- - e ye s bul.
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ging l ik e har d - b o i l e d e ggs , ne c k s
O l d I z aak ' s b o ny
out s t r e t c he d .
brown hand pus h e d d own my r i fle .
We l e t t h e m pas s .
C a l l i ng a ga i n
and wa i t i ng l o ng , w e s ud d e n ly s aw
a f ine b u c k b o unc e from t he s wamp ,
paw fur
run a l it t l e h a l f c irc l e
i ou s ly , t h e n w it h l e gs s raw l e d and
ne c k e x t e nd e d , s tare f i e rc e ly i nt o
H e was c l o s e and t he
our l o c at i on .
c h e s t s ho t was e as y .
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T h e I nd ian s a i d t he l i t t le
c a l l e r had br o u gh t many d e e r t o
h i s gun , and in nor t h e r n Que b�
it s urpr i s e d h im by als o att ract
Whe n I le ft
ing fox e s and w o lve s .
for h ome
he mad e me a pre s e nt o f
I s t i l l u s e i t and it s t i l l
it .
produc e s d e e r for me and m y white
hu nt e r f r i e n d s .
T h i s c a l l , �r c a l l e r , i s a s im
Anyb ody can make
ple arran gem e nt .
I c ons i s t s o f two - J!- inch
one .
p i e c e s of wh i t e c e dar , ! - in c h wide ,
b o t h s have d d own t o a i t- inch l o ng
o p e n i ng in the c e nt e r . A p i e c e o f
t - in c h e l a s t i c i s s t re t c he d t i ght
b e twe e n the p i e c e s o f wood , the
e nd s of wh i c h are gro oved a b it
f o r s t out thre ad wh i c h b ind s them
t ight ly t og e t he r .
I have· u s e d t h i s ama z i ng l i ttle
gad ge t on many o c c a s i o n s o� r the
ye ars , c a l l i ng in nume rous d e e r ,
as we l l as re d fox e s , a few bob
c at s
arld
c rows ,
otter ,
and nume rous
The s o und
gray and red aqu i rre l s .
it mad e s is unl ik e anyt h ing I have
Pr o p e rl y us e d , it i s
e v e r h e a rd .
far and away the be s t at t ra c t or o f
t h e wh i t e t a i l d e e r I have e v e r
Ev e n bet t e r t h an Ne e dahbe h '
known .
�ad d l e - d ragging t r i c k
. ( C ont inu e d in next mont h ' s i s sue . )
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PEN OBS C OT LANGUAGE LES S ONS
W ig-wum
Kah-gunn
Dow- s ah-gunn
Dow-bo o d i
Dow-e pp-pood i
S upp-ka - d e h
Wau l-ah-d e h
M i t - s o o -d i
Nus - s ah-quak
Em-qun
Wah - ba - k o o s
Dum-he :.gunn
T�·b i
Bah-qah
Gul-ah-bab i
Muc k- k e e -kun
A h-gwe -dun
Tah-haw-gun
Lodge
Door
Wind ow
C ha i r
Tab l e
S t ov e
Dish
Fork
Kni fe
S po on
Pa i l
Ax e
Bow
Arrow
R o pe
F i s.h hook
Canoe
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A V IEW T OWARDS IND IAN ISLAND
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It i s
pr i s t ine
appar e nt ly
across
t he gre e n bridge
on a c o o l day
in spr ing .
The Churc h s
S t , Anne ' s ,
lo oks a part o f i t , . ,
a t oy v illage
and a good p lac e ,
Cro s s i ng
change s t hat ,
The s t re e t s w ind in agony ,
and a s c re am
o f shame ,
our . s hame ,
i s eve rywhe re .
I cannot go
as a t ouris t ,
Eve n the t re e s ask me ,
' Why have you c ome ?
What c an you d o for us ? '
Wooden c ro s s e s
s e t crooked
i n the graveyard
re j e c t me .
I go back qu i ck ly ,
but I c annot forge t ,
I !!!!! t he �trange r he re ,
and I l ive on s t o le n gro und .
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T he od ore Ens l in
( From The Aro o s t o o k Ind ian , May 19 7 1 )
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WEDD INGS
Just in Lo la , Pas samaquoddy ,
and Caro l Dana , Pe nobs c ot were
marri e d by Chi e f· J ohn S t e � ens ,
at Pet e r Dana Po int on May 22 •
1 9? 1 .
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Mart in A . Nept une , Penobs cot
and Kathy Fearon , we re married
May 1, 1 9 ?1 , on Ind ian Is land ,
by Ke nne th Th omps on , Jus t ic e o f
Peac e .
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N ORTH AMER ICAN T RA D IT I ONAL
UN ITY C ONVEN T I ON
The N orth Ame r ican t rad it i on
al un ity c onve nt i on me t at T o b iq
N . B . , Cana da , at Ma l i s e e t Re s e rv �
on the las t thre e days i n May .
A Unity Caravan w i l l fol low in
July .
The Purp o s e o f the oo nve nt ior
i s to he lp unite the N � rt h Ame r
ican Pe ople . The thr� • day c on
vent i on is to bring t o ths d e le
gat e s an und e rs t and ing o f t he
nat ive re s pons ib i l it i e s t o the
T op i c s we re d is cus s e d for�
Lnad .
mal ly and informal ly �n how the s
re s pons ib i l it i e s w e re wre s t e d a
way from the nat ive pe•pl e ove r
t h e c e ntur i e s . How t o rega in t h
dut ie s , the way o f l i fe , e t c .
were d i s cus s e d .
" Th e land is not ours t o d o
w ith as we w i l l s we h 9 l d it in
trus t for our unbo rn c h i ldren . "
A c lo s e r aware ne s s o f t r ibal
proble ms , an ident ity � f brothe r
h o od , an image o f Ind ianne s s , ar.
a unity o f fe e l ing we � the mark•
o f the gathe ring .
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IAND OF FOUR D I REC T I ON S
by
FRED E R I C K J OHN PRAT S ON
as t h e y pre f.e r t o be c a l l e d , t o
t oday ' s world .
" LAND OF THE FOU R D I RECT I ONS
i s a me s s age from _ t h e Ind ian peoT h e c onc e pt for t h i s book evo lv e d
p l e wh i c h s ays ' Lo o k at m e
I am
an I nd i an and damn we l l proud o f
wh 7 n , on r e t u�f'.l i ng h ome , I found my
i t . ' " - A ndrew · N i ch o las , J r . , Ex
fr i e nd s unab le t o c ompre h e nd t h e
l i fe o f an I nd ian or t he fac t t hat
e c ut ive D i re c t or , Un i on o f N e w
many I n d ians l ive in nearby Ma i n e
Brunsw i c k I nd ians .
and N ew Brunsw i c k ,
T h i s l e d t o my
Fre d e r i c k J ohn Prat s on not only
c onc lus i o n t hat no amount of ve rb i has capture d a c and id g l imps e o f
age c ou ld t ru ly pre s e nt t he I nd ian
the Ind ian i n text and phot o , but
and h i s c ond i t i ons .
Ins t e ad t h e I n- has p l e d ge d ha l f h i s rayalt i e s t o
T . R . I . B . E . , Inc . , a n e x pe r imental
d i an mus t s h ow h ims e l f , h i s c ommuni t y , and h i s way of l i fe thr� ugh
s �h o o l in Bar Harb o r , Ma ine , for
p i c t ure s .
T h e word s must c ompleme nt , T e ach ing and R e s e arc h in B i -Cu lturbut n o t d e t rac t from , t h e phot oal Ed u c at i on .
graph i c e x pe r i e nc e .
Mr . Prat s on is a fre e lanc e photoI f t h i s book g ive s the non- Ind i an graph e r who l ive s i n N o rth S c i tuate ,
a d e e pe r und e rs t and ing o f h i s I nd i an Mas s . , w i th h i s w i fe , Pat r i c ia , and
ne i ghbo rs it w i l l have a c h i ev e d it s
H i s prev i ous
the i r four c h i ldre n .
goal . '
work : inc lud e s c ont r i but i ons t o varS o Fre d e r i c k J ohn Prat s on ex pla i ns i o us magaz i n e s and ph o t o graph i c
c re d i t for T h e G e o l ogy o f A cad ia
t h e ge ne s i s o f LAND OF FOU R D I RECT I ONS , wh i c h was publ i s h e d on NovemNat i ona l Park ( C hatham ) .
be r J , 1 97 0 , ( $7 , 9 5 ) by t h e C hat ham
( V i k ing Pre s s , I nc . , 6 25 MadPr e s s , I nc , 1 d i s t r ibut e d by V i k i ng ,
i s on Avenu e , N e w York , N . Y . 1 0 022,
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w i t h i nt roduc t i ons by J o hn S t evens
2 1 2 P la z a 5-43 3 0 ) Mr . Prat
te l
and A nd re w N i c h o las ( 12 8 page s w i t h
s o n and t h e two Ind ian C h i e fs are
ava i la b l e for rad i o and t e l ev i s ion
ove r 1 0 0 pho t o graph s ) .
"LAND' OF FOU R D IRECT I ONS i s a d o c - appearanc e s �
C o ntact Jame e Tuc ker .
illn e ntary e x pe r i e nc e amo ng t he Pas s amaquod d y , Mal i s e e t , and M i cmac t r*
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i b e s o f Ma ine and N ew B runsw i c k .
S KETCHES OF OLD T OWN
It -i s e nd ors e d ·b y t h e I nd i ans t h e m
. by
. s e lve s , a rare h o no r for a wh i t e
· . ma:n ' s work
DAV ID N ORT ON , E s q .
Ch l e f Pe t e r Bar l ow , o f t he C anaS ome t ime in the lat t e r part o f
. d ian I nd ian I s land · R e s e rvat i on , b e .
l ie v e s t hat v e ry few me n are a-s s e r- t h e e i ght"e e nt h ' c e rit ury ,' .j ohn Marsh
appe are d h e re , or , as s ome author
i ou s about the I nd ians as Fre d e r i c k
i t i e s s ay , i n 1 77q, and· mad e a s e�
Prat s on .
" V e ry few wh i t e me n have
t l ement at t h e foo t o f Mars h I s land ,
be e n abl e t o .. � c apture t h e I nd ian way
. o f l i fe · and t hought as i t i s t od ay
and l ive d for s ome ye ars in int im·
at� and , fri � nd ly re lat i ons w i th t he
und e rs t and i ng and know le dge o f
my pe o p l e and I t h i nk t h i s i s won� . . . �nd i ans , l e arn ing t h e i r language ,
ariP fre qu e nt ly act i ng as an int e rd e r fu l . "
H i s deportme nt
pre t e r for t he m .
H e r� are t h e i r h om e s , t h e i r c h i was s u c h as t o w in the i r · unbound ed
l d re n , t h e i r pa i n , · and the·i r c e l e bT orn b e twe e n a proud anc e s - c on f i d e nc e , and for favors ·be s t owed ,
rat i on .
and s e rv i c e s r e nd e re d t o them , they
t ra l he r i t age and t h e s harp aware P
pro p o s e d t o make h i� a l ibe ra l c om
f t h e i r s·e c ond-c las s · c i t i z e nne s s o
s h i p , · t h e y are ang e r e d by broke n pro-pe n s at i on , and a ff i x e d the i r marks
t o · an i n s t rume nt , wh i c h was re pre
Po s t m i s e s and o bs o le t e : 'po l i c i e s
s ent e d t o t h e m as be i ng a · pe t it i on
e rs · ·o f G e r o n imo � t·he s e i z ure o f A lt o t h e Ge ne ra l C ourt o f Mas sachu
c a t raz , t h e pro l i fe rat i on o f Ind ian
Powe r e m b l e ms s igni fy a n e w m i l i tan- s e t t s , t o grant t o Mars h , a lot o f
cy , c o nne c t ing " T h e Pe ople " , · as t h e y land upon t h i s i s land - but whe n
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c ont . )
( SK ET CH ES
the d o c ume nt re a c h e d i t s d e s t ina
t i on , i t was a s c e rt a i n e d t o be a
pe t it i o n i n the f o rm o f a d e e d , for
the grant of t he wh o le of the i s
land . - I n c ornp l i anc e ' w it h · the t e rms
o f the pe t it i on , t he S t at e made the
grant , and from that t ime forth the
is land has o bt a i ne d , and s t i l l b e ars
the iname of Mar s h Is land .
Wh e n t h e Ind i ans d i s c ov e re d the
impo s it i on t hat had be e n prac t i c e d
upon t he , t h e y mad e a n e ffort t o b e
reve nge d u p o n Mar s h , and mad e an
at t empt upon h i s l i fe , and he was
o b l i ge d to k e e p out of t he i r way
for s ome t ime , in ord e r to avo id
the c ons e qu e n c e s o f the i r j us t in
_d ignat i o n .
But treac h e ry ; in t ime , s o one r
or lat e r , i s s ure t o me e t i t s r e
ward s
a l l o f t h i s gre at inh e r i t
anc e s o fraudu l e nt ly obt a i ne d , the
mo s t of i t s l i pp e d out of his hand s
dur ing b i s l i fe t ime , and but a small
l o t , if anyt h i ng , now rema ins in
the p o s s e s s i on of h i s d e s c e ndant s .
( Tak e n from C hap . V , pg . 1 7 , 1 8 , )
e xp e r t s and more e x p e rt Ind ians . "
But Re p . J o s e ph E . B i nne t t e , D
O ld T own , s a id Ma ine Ind ians " d on ' t
want any part " o f be ing s e at e d in
t he l e g i s lature .
If they want e d t o be s � at e d t h ey
c an run for t he l e g i s lat ur� l ike
any o t he r cand idat e , B i nne t t e and
Re p . J ame s T . Dud le y , D -Enf i e ld ,
argue d .
want t o
" But t h e y d on ' t / , be c au s e t h e y
fe e l t he y c an g e t a lo ng b e t t e r t h i s
way t han i f t h e y we re on t h e flo o r
o f the hous e , " B inne t t e d e c lare d .
R e p . J o hn Donaghy , RT Lube c ,
I f In
s po k e aga ins t the o rd e r .
d ians are g iv e n s e at i ng pr iv i l e ge s ,
he s a id , the Le g i s lat ure w o u l d be
b o und to prov i d e s pa c e for any
e th n i c group wn i c h demand e d i t .
Re p . R i c hard He we s , R-Cape E l i z
abe t h , ra i s e d t h e �ue s t i on o f c o n
s t i tut i ona l i t y .
But S t ar� ird s a i d
h e had b e e n adv i s e d b y A t ty . G� n .
Jame s s . Erw in that s e at i ng o f t h e
Ind ians w i t h o ut vot ing r i ght s can
be d one by a Hou s e ord e r .
Any c i t
i z e n can b e s o s e at e d , h e ma i nta in
ed .
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and pas s t h i s o rd e r , " S t a rb ird s a j i
The pre s e nt Ind i an re pre s e nta
YES V OT E- -THEN N O
t ive s to t he Leg is lat ure , e le c t e d
FOR IND IA N S EAT
b y t he i r t r i be s but having n o vo t
AUGUS TA-T he Ma ine Hou s e v o t e d 6 7 - i n g powe r at t he s ta t e h o us e , are
J ohn Ba i le y o f the Pas s amaquoddy
1 57 Tue s day a ft e rn o o n i n a non-ro l l
c a l l v o t e to a l l ow Ind ian re p�e s e nt r ibe and J o hn M i t c he l l , S r . o f
tat ive s t o o c c upy a non-vot ing s e at
t h e Penobs c o t t r ibe .
i n t he H ous e , and t he n turne d around ( From Bango r D a i ly News , 5/26/71 )
And t h e n on t h e o t he r
in a r o l l c a l l v o t e 1 0 m inut e s lat e r ( Ed . N ot e :
hand the non- Ind ian m i ght d emand
and rev e rs e d t ha t d e c i s i o n .
W h e n lawmak e rs w e re forc e d to s ig- a s e at on t h e t r ibal c ounc i l . T h e
princ i p l e o f t h i s i s s u e s igni f i e s
n i fy t h e i r v ot e s on t h e e le c t ro n i c
t o t e board, t he y v o t e d 7 5 - 5 8 aga ins t a s e para t e c i t i z e ns h ip f o r the
the o rde r by R e p . s. G l e nn S t arb ird , p e o p l e who are s t i l l o c cupying t he
land o f t h e i r fat h e rs and grand=
J r . , D . K ingman , t o ame nd the Hous e
fath e rs and wh o s t i l l rema in a s e rule s pe c i fy ing who s ha l l be s e at e d
parat e nat i o n . And t he n i f r e pre i ns i de the h o u s e ra i l ing .
S t ar b i rd s a i d Ind ians had n ' t b e e n s entat i o n w e re grant e d , t h e n t axa
t i o n wou l d be s ure to f o l l ow .
H o�
s e a t e d o n the f l o o r of the Hous e i n
a n o n-vo t ing c apac i t y s inc e 1 9 51 . He e v e r our e c o n om i c s t andards me a s ure
up to t h e Ma i n e c i t i z e ns , you can
sa i d the pre s e n c e o f t h e Ind ians i s
b e s ure that our land i s pr i c e le s s .
" of imme asurabl e va lue to u s h e re
on the flo or o n any que sti o n i nvo l v- No amount o f man ey c ou l d buy the
land, f o r in c a s e o f n e e d , we c an
ing I ndians . "
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re ly on our land f o r s us t e nanc e ,
Re p. T he odo re s . C u rt i s , J r . , RC urtis sa i d what the s h e lt e r , and s upport . )
Orono , agre e d.
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( Gr e at
c o nt . from page J . )
re s t unt i l he f ind s t h e land the
t h e s e �h ings hav e be e n · l e ft l i ke the Great S p i r i t gave unt o you .
He
empty h o rne t ' s ne s t s ha l l c ave int o
� ha l l not pas s away w i t hout f i rs t
t h e m , l ik e t h e s and 1
A nd t h e pow e r- hav i ng put h i s fo o t u p o n a l l t h e
fu l man � h� l l be no · m6re - -T h e n t h e
land s t hat hav e be e n mad e ,
t h e re
G re at S p 1 r 1 t s ha l l c a l l m e forth , t o - fore l o o k f o r h im a lways . "
ward t h e noon s .un , t o t e ach you more . ( From L I FE A ND T RAD IT I ONS , by
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The put t ing to d e ath of t h e Gre at
J o s e ph N i c o lar . )
S p i r i t w i l l c ome t o pa s s , in a far
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o f f l and . "
CHA PT ER I I
F L A S H
F L A S H
F L. A S H
" B e c aus e I make ment i o n o f t h e
aw fu l day c om ing you mus t not mak e
The N e ws l e t t e r l e a rne d Fr i d ay , June
yours s e l f a fra i d , as the Great S p i r- 4th , that Mart in A . Ne ptune • s draft
it w i l l n o t br ing t h i s upon you , o r
c a s e h a d b e e n c ont i nue d for two
your c h i ld re n �
I t w i l l a lways be
T he c a s e has be e n
m o re months .
P l a i n t o y o u t hat your bro t h e r and
po s t pone d to d e t e rm ine whe t h e r or
you are tw o '
you are r e d , and h e
n o t Fe d e ra l mars ha l l s had t h e righ ·'
t o remove Mart i n from tho Pe nobs co ·
T h e G r e at S p ir it has e s t abwh i t e .
re s e rvat i on , in what w i l l be c a l l P
l i s he d H i s numb e r w i th you b ot h .
H i s numbe r w i t h y o u i s s ev e n , wh i l e
a j ur i s d i c t i o n hear ing , t o be he lr
w i t h your brot h e r it s ha l l be thre e , in Hart ford , C onne c t i c ut , around
t h e f i rs t Monday o f Augus t .
and b e c aus e h i s numbe rs are few , he
s ha l � l ive fas t , and pa s s away qu i c k
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ly ,
and be c au s e your numbe rs are
many you s ha l l l iv e s l ow , and l i ng
e r . a l ong wh i le be yond your b r o t h e r .
I f you w o u l d l ik e to c ont inue re
A l l th e s e bad t h i ngs w i l l c ome t o
c e iv ing t h e MA IN E IND IAN N EWS LETTER
pas s a c ro s s t h e b i g wat e r , the re fo re S END IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRES S , W ITH
A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER FOR THBEE
I mus t warn you not t o bu i ld large
D OIAA RS .
v e s s e l s t hat w i l l be ar . you a c ro s s ,
s o t h at you w i l l not hav e a hand in
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· W he n the Gr � at S p i r i t s e e s t hat you
I f you w o u l d l ik e a c o py o f t�e
o ? e y_- t h i s warn ing you w i l l e s cape
L I FE AND T RAD IT I ONS , by Jos e ph
His wrat h � · and H e w i l l s how you how
N i c o lar , s e nd in a c he c k or money
H e w i l l c abs e
much H e l ov e s you s
' your c h i ld r e n to b e b o rn in t he s ame ord e r for t hre e d o °I lars .
form i� wh i c h H e mad e the f i rs t man .
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T he re w i l l n o t be a c h i ld b o rn d e �
· forme d , ne i�h e r w i l l any be k i l l e d
by · -l i ght n ing s
t h e y shal l e s c a pe t h e I f you w o u l d l ik e t o b e · a re p o rter
f l o ods and e arthquak e s , and whe n t h e from your home , s e nd i n your news
t o t h e Ma i ne I nd i an ·News l e t t e r .
be a s t b i t e s you , y o u w i l l n o t - go
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The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. <br /><br />A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: <em>Life and Traditions of the Red Man</em> (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana.<br /><br />The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office.<br /><br /><strong>Resources</strong><br /><br />Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a><br /><a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a><br /><br />
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<em>Maine Indian Newsletter</em> (May 1971)
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ssipsis (Thompson, Eugenia)
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Colby College
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1971-05
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M A I N E
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L E T T E R
SUMMER
VOLUME 4, N UM B ER 3
INDIAN FIGHTS DRAFT,
DROPS LE G A L BOMB
1971
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Berman claims the �S. �fti � � n
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ship confer red on the: Ipdia n:s., .: as
we l l as Es ki mos and other natives,
i s not valid ·because :i t· .was gr;an t
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ed with the provis ion that · the fr
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·tribal possession·s. :wou l d not· · l:?:e
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taken.
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The.}l�wier·�aid .N •ptu rte � nd
�i� .Pe?ple· ere:iil�gally:�ep�iv
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HART F ORD, C o nn . - Martin A.
Neptune, 21, a Penobscot Indian
from an island off the Maine coast
is refusing to s e rve in the US Arm y
o n grounds his island is no t part
o f the U nited States.
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Neptune's a ttorne y , M i c hae l P .
Berman , argued Monday i n US Dis
tr ict C our t tha t N e ptune 's hom e,
Ind ian I s land , is Ind ian te rr i tory
t ha t neve r has be e n tak e n by US; (
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conque s t or re l i nq ui s he d by the . · 1 n-· · · . ··: · · .N ep tu n e· , w ho was ' I}'larried_ . in
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,June to a white woman, .: s a i d. . . he
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d ians .
: i s . no\ · p'r i tna ri:iy : ·waging· hi s fight
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for other In dians .in ·, l:li s ,posi.tion
I nd ian · I s land is one�mile w i de
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·bu t -rn�·rely . to :be. :a.c1e ·· to ··r.eturn
a nd thre e m i l e s long, and ha s about
to. his is l and .
400 I nd ian i n hab itan ts , a c c ord ing
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to N e p tune .
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afratci to s t nd up
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Be rman c la i ned t he Fe d e ral
gove rn me n t gove rnment d o e s not
h�: · added� .'·partiy· · because of. · fear
have a tre a ty w i th the Penobscot
they w i l l l o s e the i r we l fare b ene
t�ibe and' therefore cannot · o rd e r
f its .
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·.· CF'r om. . Boston cao be , : 1-0/
Neptune to.serve in the Army.
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. , . p �ge ,1., ..A s s o c. �a ted Pres s . )
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"I j us t wan t to go bac k a· rid · "· ·
l iv e on the i s land , " N e p tune s a i d
( Ed N ote.1 Me�bers o f the Peno b
out s id e the c ou r troom .
s c o t" N it'fo·n ha."v� b e -eh · awaiting· .
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the o pinio n. ,o f the court'. .since·.
T he cas e is being heard here
J u l y 197c;-, wheri Martin• w a s ·a.-rr es·t'
r ather t han in Ma i n e be caus e Neped and tak en . from the 1fs l�nd b v· ·'.
tune•·s pa r ent s , M r . and Mrs . Ar thur
Federal Marshals Th.e:; full s to ry,
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Ne p tune Jr . , now l ive in n earby
o f hi s �rr��t . was print�d in the
Manchest er . Their s on was l iv ing
Apr i l 1971 · i s s u e of . . the aine -.In�
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Clarie· r es erv ed .d ec is i o n on N ep
tune's s t at us tQ give hims el f more
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t im e t o s tudy t h� hi s t ory-invo lved
i n t he young Indian's claims.
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with, the War C hi ef o f t he .Pe n ob s-
c o ti , �i ck Ranc o wri tt en b � K ath�
P au l , o n t he fo l l ow ing page .
�-2WAR CHIEF RANCO STATES PENOBSCOT SOVEREIGNTY
by Kathy Paul
"Do you think that the Penobscot Tribe -.;ie a:- se p
Ka thys
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ate nation?"
Chief Ranco1
" Ye s , we are a se parate Nation."
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" What about the land that the Indians own?"
Kathys
Chie f Ranco:
"Congre ss forbids any state or union to
take any o f our lands."
How did we lose Mt. Katahdin?"
Kathy1
Chie f Rances
Gov
" Mt. Katahdin was taken through the
e rnor of Maine , who was at that time , Governor Baxte r. ·"
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•What d o you think of Martin Ne ptu ne ' s case?"
Kathy1
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Chief Rancoa
"W�en he l e ft th e rese rvation he be came
I n o rd er for him to be re-instate d
sub je ct to taxation.
h e has to be living he re for thirty days. "
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" What do you think of liquor be i n g sold on the
Kathys
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rese rvation?"
Chief Ranco1 " If it was an ad. va nta ge to th e trib e , I
But I don't think that there would be a ny
w o uld a gre e .
advantage .
A l s o there would be too much pub lic ity . "
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Kathy.a
"What do you think of our ne w Commissioner?"
" Pa s s amaqu odd ies in Pl eas ant P o int want
Chie f Rancoa
to ee ll the ir land. John S tevens would be an as s et to them
in o rd er t o se ll the ir land . "
O PEN LETTER T O INDIAN COMMISSIONER
Co mmis s io ner o f Indian Affairs
John Ste vens,
De partment o f I nd ian A f fairs
State House,
043)0
Augusta, Maine
Dear Commis s io ner S tevens s
Nikwup elmau z ian k eqwis .a l is agimi k okame .gemi k ew i d oha min
I �inc erely w is h you go od lick w ith your new endeavo r .
kwid j o k ema�dj.
I am mak i�g referenc e to the S t a te of Maine Law , S ec t . 4473,
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w h ic h stat es , " Th e -Co mmis s io ner s h a l l provid e , furnis h , pay and d e-:
l iv er, to th e Penobs c o t tribe , on a c c ount o f the S tate, s uch art ic les ,
g o od s , provis ions , and. moneys as from t ime to t ime bec ome due under any
treaty . or l aw . " and " the said s _t�te o f Maine, sha l l a nd wil l , a nnual ly
d el iver for the us e of ·
a nc;i. every yea � , in t h e. month of . Oc tober ,
f I nd .ia ns ''·• w.hen I mak e t h is reques t of you··
the. s a id P enobs c ot tribe o
to furni s � ��-With t has e items .
( Continued o n page 4)
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E D I T 0 R I A L
S E C T I 0 N
MAINE INDIAN NEWSLETTER
EDITOR1 (Mrs.) Eugenia T, Thompson
Penobscot·
News and storie s may · be .submitte d
to th� ne wslette r for publication
at the following addressa Maine
Indian Ne wsletter, P, 0, Box 553
Via Old Town, Maine 04468,
Editorial Staffs
Stanle y Ne ptune
Kathy Paul
Kenne th Thompson
Eva Ranco
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Wane Allan Loring
Je an Mitchell
THE LITTLE RED BIRD
Once upon a time , there was a .
little re d bird who made ne sts,
laid re d e ggs and ate ·insects and
fle w to the warm country whe n the
north wind came ,
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the cold wind and the white
blanke t that cove re d over the
ground and the little ne st and
the little re d bird,
The little re d bird· gave he r
warmth to.the · ne w birds until
there was no more warmth in he r
body,
The little red bird could
now no longer make ne sts or lay
re d eggs or ��t insects or fly
to the warm country.
And the
four little birds crie d whe n the
cold wind came . through the fe ath
And
e rs of the little re d bird,
soon the little : black bird, the
little white bird, the little
ye llow bird and the little brown
bird gre w cold and soon the white
blanke t cove re d them.
Soon the white blanke t we nt
away and the warm winds came back
and the re d birds came north again
and made ne sts and laid red e ggs
and ate inse cts
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One day afte r the north wind
came and the little re d bird was
flying to the south she saw four
oak leafs floating in the waters,
She stoppe d in her journe y and
guide d the leafs to the shore .
Inside the oak leafs we re
four e ggs, of diffe re nt colors.
One was black, one was white,
one was ye llow and one was brown.
She had ne ve r see n such e ggs, only
re d eggs,
The warm· sun was soon going
home for the night and soon the
wind would be cold, so the little
red bird fle w hurrie dly around to·
build a warm place for the eggs,
She the n sat he r re d fe athe re d
body down on the · eggs and not too
soon for she felt the move ment of
the eggs.
Before the night be g�n she
took a look at the rie w birds and
saw that they we r� four colors,
too.
The night came �nd · with. it .
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"Don't you understand? The pipe
line will bring t·o you e ve rything
you, e ve r wanted .;.; color TV, · a split
level ranch-style home� a snappy
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sports car; a trip to Hawaii • • • "
(From B.angor Daily New$ �
10/29/71 )
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. I had approached the Governor of the Tribe and the Council
ask in g for the ir advice and they counselle d me that the commissioner
So I am asking you for these
was.the person to ask for the se items,
tre�t� items. Accordin� to the treaty_ of 1820 these items are s
500 BUSHELS OF CORN
15 BARRELS OF WHEAT FLOUR
SEVEN BARRELS OF CLEAR PORK
ONE HOGSHEAD O F MOLASSES
ONE HUNDRED YARDS OF DOUBLE BREADTH BROADCLOTH TO BE BLUE
FIFTY GOOD BLANKETS
ONE HUNDRED POUNDS OF GUN POWDER
FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS OF SHOT
SIX BOXES OF CHOCOLAT
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS OF TOBACCO
FIFTY DOLLARS IN SILVER.
I am asking you to help the State of Maine honor our treaty.
· FAr too long has the State of Maine chosen to ignore the motto the y
Of course,
chose to found their institution, " I le ad" (Dirigo)
·should the . State of Maine continue to refuse to honor their own written
intention, then I can safely say that the State carries its own res
po�?ibilities very lightly whe n it is dealing with our pe opls.
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I shali ·be awaiting the shipment be fore the e nd 6f the month.
Ve ry truly yours,
Sipsis
Pe nobscot Nation
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SUMMER RESEARCH P ROJECT ON MAINE IND IAN H ISTORY
This summer, Anthony Kaliss .
�of:Bangor was assisted by Rick .
Mitchell and GeGrge Tomer of the
Penobscot Reservation and Gerry
Nicholas from the Pleasant Point
Reservation in research on Maine
Indian histo�y. They we re e ngag
ed in search. on the financial re
lationshi� between the State of
Maine and ·the Indians and the his
tory of the land titles at Pen�
obscot and Pleasant Point Reser=
· ·vati on s
the spending of money• outlining
how the mone y would be spent� and
the which authorize d the cre ation
of the Trust Funds of the Passama
quoddy and Penobscot Tribes,
Their research in Augusta un
civered a large amount of material,
such as the re cords of the Governor
and Council r�lating to e xpenditure s
and bookke e ping details.
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Due to l�ck 9f time, the re
search on · the land ti"tles. was put
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off untii t�is wirite f These land
Mr� .Kaliss-And the· three Insales will be checked�out -in the .
dian.University·of :Maine. students
de e d re cords at the Pe nobscot Coun
re searche d through all.the. laws .
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:ty ·court Ho:tlSe..'.. .. Since . most of clai:>
of the: sta t� of Maine and compil.
.of ·a.1r· laws de aling wi th-. for damage
.s of Indians involve e ith�
ed a list..
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.e r land or the :spendin·g of Indian
Indians and e specially all laws ·
(Cont1nued·on next-page )
and appropriations which authorize d
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:; :appointed: by·.the govern·o.r :of Maine
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to purchase for said . sta,to · ·s.uch _of
. '!'he: Indiari' stud·cnt-s· w�r'c° :·:·
the lands of tho P�noos�ot tribe
sponsor�d
t h e Work Stu'dr ·Pro•
�f· nd·i-ans -.as··t-h�y .might.: be dis
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gr� . f OEO ��d. �Y, 9P��a��on
posed ':to· sellr- havirig·me.t t.he·
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governa·-r and-. .principal men of said
and by �tne Tree Legal. Aid's
tr.ib� in th� council-chamber of
lndiari. Unit ·
sald tribe on the loth day of June
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A.D. 1833, for the purpos� of pur
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KaHs�, now a. �a¢ua.t�
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and
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haying discussed th� s ub je ct of
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.o.t ·orono,;. was ·H�ing ·�nd, C¢n-·
tM · m:eo1:ing ift o p�?\ council and
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t�a�� �btain�d the. con�ent of �aif
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D'�partn'Hmt of . Indian Affairs ·:·ahd
°'tr1bc to ·sell th�ir".four; townshi·1)r
of land to said state, and where
is author of a rep�rt on' the
.. . �nd rt i tle s i tuat. "n .at
Indian
as, th.e �e�or and li�utcnant
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Y· ��.�; v.� io-n.
go��:rrtor,: by· his. att_OrMy,
·appointed for
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. th_at. purpo se, :the qounc il l ors and
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e�p-�a·ins of said trib� •. the n and
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to .the said four townships, cov. .
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against ·th(!! claims ,.,f said trib�
No $tato . shall
I ;_"nter , - into any T�aty' .·Alliance'
Now' th�re·f'oro' WC the commission(!rs a..for�said. in cone id�rat ion
··;. or: �.?pf��rat1on j. grant .. Lcrtt�rs
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Indians . in. �half;_ of� tri�. Sta� 0
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s�m: 9·f ·fi.fty·. th;6u�a:n� · A?.�l��- � :. ir;
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th� mann�r following, .. tq., w :,.. � - � 9a1
.4 -:ttainder.,. ex p�.t ·facto-: �a�'., . or
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sum of fifty thousand· d�llar5"· ·
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�and i f at any t i me , at t he a nnual
s et t l ement any part o f s a id in
t eres t s hould rema i n in the t r ea
s u ry , unex pended , i t sha l l be
add ed to the princ i pa l o f f i fty
t h o us and do l la rs and b ec ome a part
t h ereo f , and s a i d s u m o f f i ft y
t h ous and d o l la rs , t ogether wi t h
s u c h inc reas e as it may fro m yea r
t o yea r rec eiv e , and s ha l l fo re
ever rema in fn t h e t reasury an
a c c umu lat ing fund, for t h e b enefit
o f s a id t ribe .
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s a i d c o mm i s s i oners , have hereunt o
set our hand s an d_,:Sea.,ls "t� �s � Oth
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S i gned , s ea l ed and)
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pres enc e o f
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W e hereby c ert i fy t hat t he
above ob l igat i o n , i s a t ru e c o py
o f t h e one we gave t o t he Ind ians .
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Co mmi s s i oners
N ow that t h e Original
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P eo pl e can rea d and wri t e , perhaps
w e s h ou ld b e d ra ft i ng our own laws . )
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DIS CR I MINA TING LEGAL PRA CTI CES
by
Kennet h c. Tho mps on , Es q.
Thi s i s another art ic l e
( Ed . N o t es
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tw een the I nd ian and the S tat e
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G ov ernment . ) ·
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R ec ent ly , · a P enobs cot Indian�
charged w it h d riv i ng while impaired
by the u s e of alcohol, foun d h i m
s el f c on fi n ed for s ev·era l needl es s
h o µrs at the Old Town dity j ai l
f o l l ow i ng h i s inab i l it y t o rais e
He was · . t o ld by the bail
bail .
c o mmi s s i oner t hat R es ervat i o n land
c ou ld not b e us ed as ba i l.
Penobs c ot land s are recorded by
deed and are c o nveyed b\twe e n
members o f the ·tribe.
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Fu rther ins t ruc t i on w�� that
ba i l must be pos t ed i n c as- pr
by land situated in Penobs��t
County .
Post ing o f ba i l i� to
as s ure the d efendent 's appeai-anee
i n c ourt . A local att o rn�y �"'1
a member o f the family conferrad
w ith the ba il c o mmi s s i oner, The
I nd ian �as . rel eas ed-on t hi sig
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nature of two working f�m!ly .
members .
Fu.rth er. dis·c.us s i on o n the
s it uat i on w ith a judge from dis
t rict c ourt in:Bangor revealed
t hat t hi s was another o ld pre
jud i c e held over from years �go .
The judge had inst ru c t ed th� bail
c o mmi s s i on er in O l d T own that·
indiv idual I nd ian land could be
pos t ed as b ond fo r a Penobseot
Indian .
Another instanc e revealed t hat
another ba i l c o mmis si oner allowed
another I ndian t o go aft er a
res pons ible person s igned for him.
Now t h en s u ppo s ing1 ( 1) An
I nd ian can not get anyone t o put
u p ba i l due t o lat enes s of the
h ou r or (2) the unavailabil i�y o f
s o meone. t o s ign h i s name or
(J) inab i l i ty o f a new bai l cpm�
mis s ioner t o know how to handle
Then t h i s would'
the s it uat ion .
l eav e t h e d efend ent in jail for
s ev eral days until a c ourt h,ar�
ing c ou ld be hel d· and t he baii
requirement c hanged by the judge .
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Unt i l ·tne P.�partment- o f I�dian
A f fa irs c an be i mpo s ed upqn to
seek an o pini o n fro m the Att orney
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Gen eral and until the Sup�l'iqr
Court can then notify it s �al l
c ommis s i oners , Penobscot Indi�n$
l iv ing on o r near the Reserv�tion
s hould keep in ·mind t hat in tq�
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. event they are picked up in Old
.Town for no matter how minor a
·viol ation , and are. taken to t he
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(Cont inned on ·page 7)
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must be posted be fore they can be
released, they must have· the bail
commissioner fee of $10.-00 and two··
responsible people sign
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the bail commissioner to.go.his
bail.
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I was glad that you and Mrs.
Mitchell were able to visit me
here in_Augusta, and I hope you
enjoyed your trip.
I shall loolt
.forward.to seeing you again next
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Sincerely yours·,·
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Ce�tain Correspond�nqe
Received By
.Al bert J . · Nicola
Former
C�ief Sachem and Sagamore
·of the
Penobscots
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we- should · not be so fre·e wi-th our
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INDIAN BAND REJ EC TS · LIQUOR OUTLE T
August 26, 1955
Governor Albert J. Nicola�
Penobs�ot Tribe of· Indians
Indian Island
Old Town, Maine
Dear Goyernor·Ni�ola�a
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I hope you will not be too
dist�rb�d by the accounts which you
may ha�e seen in the papers of the.
dlsbussions that G6vernor Muskie
and. his. counc11 had·:· o:ve-r the·: ques ..
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tion of appointing: a constable £or
_:the .re.s.e�ation.
I imagine that,'"
as usual.� the newspaper accounts
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were somewhat inaccurate..
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I expect to be in Old Town ·
early next week and I .
will make
an opportunity to stop and see you
to discuss with you this matter of
a constable. appointment.
Incident
ally, I inquired further into the
question of the sale of dog li
censes on the Indian Reservation.
The department of Agriculture
informs me that you may secure the
necessary dog tags and record
blanks from the Old Town city clerk,
who will also tell you the current
license fees to be charges,
Per
haps the easiest way for you to
return the State�s share of the
license fee would be to turn that
money over to the city clerk in
Old Town, along with copies of the
licens·e forms.
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Dean' -Fisher, M. p.
Commissioner
.. !Vlembers of the largest Indi2
band in the ·Northwest· Territ.ories
_dp .not want. a· 11quar. outle·t in
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their cominunity ·rt· .was .lear;-ned
in Yellowkn'ife, N. w:. T.· recently.
. Alexis Arrowmaker, chief of
the i.�200.:.memb·e·r Dogrib band at
Rae-.ecfao,.'told Deputy Commission
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er John Park�r-that liquor has
�eeri.disast�ou� i�16ther com.munities.
... "No ·on:e· from · RaeL:e-azo. wants
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liquor · sold t;here, !'_ C�-ief Arrow:
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"A lot· of ·peop1e have :.been
getting kiile� �ately
some
have been ·ehot, s·om·e have . drown
�d, and so�� �ave ��•rt.burned,
They are dyiri� dff;··'�
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"That's ·a11 6n account of
-liquor, ap4_th��·s W�y we don't
like it."
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Chief Arrowmaker also asked
for rationing .of liquor sales to
Rae-edzo residents in ·Yellowknife.
70 miles to the east by road and
the nearest source of liquor.
The chief said he is con
cerned that his people, who often
earn less than whites, are spend�
ing too much of their money on
.alcohol.
"We don't want our people
to spend what little money they
have on booze.
We all think
the same."
(KAINA! "NEWS Box 808,
C ardston , Alberta)
�-8FRA1 K G, OWLING BEAR SPEAKS
The French and Indian Wars do still go on today
Amid th� woods of Wiaine, the land of ·Penobscot Bay
Isolated from much to do, with tJ:.e gen'rl' Indian scene
Live suffering State Indians,".' �1sath politicians Keen.
Joseph E. Binnette, from near Treat and Webster Isle,
Downs Indians. to th� ground, in his polished Frenchman style
Did I say polished,·sorry, it's my mistake to say
This unrefined Indian hater, will have his ·justice day.
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He's nn ethnic Representative,. ir, the C ongr e s s Halls of ···iaine
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The group he speaks for is the Whi tc, no:c.�.al or insane.·
He downs all. helpful bills, which help Indian ways,
This unrefined Indian hater, will have his justice day.
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Around the Bradley-Milford groups, there's always talk of land
And why the "savage" own so much,· and why it's not white man's
It irks their greedy souls to hell, or why the Indian stays.
These.unrefined Indian hat ers, will have their justice day.
The white supreme non-Indian has showed his lesser well
Of .�o� he sa�ed the Penobscot, by polluting it to hell
�ith the hbardful Great Northern, 'snatching Indian property
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And the lily wl'li te scurr.med tanneries, pumping colors iri the s·e· a. ·
:�h.e .. white supreme MairLe government, telling Passamagu·oddy tri13�s . .:
That their vast land hold's unset tled, t ill their population di��-.
Even tho• the Indians play it sm?-rt, to sue the Commonweal th
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EXploitat ion of t �eir legal staff, is Maine's only claim to heal th
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. J.µst wait for t hem all to marry.out, th� ir blood as t h� Indian die�
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But don't hold your breath, dear St ate.of Maine, your lesser's
. . Still wise
Of alL the conniving t ricks yo���e pulled, they are not all in
�he: past
So we're-left with Trust t hat's · turned to dust, towards trick
Paleface cast.
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FRANK GROWLING IN
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CONCERT .
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.Frank presented a concsrt in the Indian Island School
He played a t welve
gymnasium on October 7th9 Sunday night.
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Frank.
string guitar· and sang many .. songs t hat he .had composed.
is t,11� son of Ralph·. and ··Grace _Nicola and is present_ly living·
in �ridgeport, Conn� �ith his �ife and.new baby
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. Franks re-cord is 2.vailable through the newslett er and part
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of t he proceeds goes to t he · Indian Academy. ,R.eqords .cost 60¢. each.
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rowling Bear has a str.ong vo i ce t hat will be.
heard .arid his music st rikes_mariy ·a. guilty chord in those who
are doing wrong to t he n�tive p�ople.)
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. PENOBSCOT RUNNER
WINS BANGOR RACE
Turning on a burst of speed
over the last 100 vards. 35-ye�r
old �alph T�omas, a ?enobscot
Indian, set a new course record
of 25143 in beatina out 39-year
old defending champion Walter
Renaud of Orono to win the ninth
annual Bangor five-mile road race
Monday.
Renaud set the previous re
cord of 25s58.8 a year ago and
with approximately 200 yards to
go held a thin lead over Thomas.
But after rounding the final turn
at the Bass Park oval Thomas
opened up to ·win by 30 feet.
This
was his fourth strai�ht road race
victory this season.
He barely missed being struck
by an automobile on the way.
He
was in third place behind Joe Dahl
of Yar.mout.h .and Renaud .on, Harlow'·
Street° "when- a· mot'orist pulled out
.
of Cum�erland Street·a±te�·being
warnetj. .. bY. the police pace car.
Thomas .Jumped to the sicewalk to
avoid the car, returned t·o ·'the
street and appeared to increase
his speed.
By the time the field reached
14th Street he was in the lead
with Dahl second, Renaud third
and former winner Bob Hillgrove
of Rockland fourth.
On West
Broadw�y Renaud moved to s�cond
place just a stride behind the
leader.
As they moved to the Bass
Park track for one lap around
Renaud took the lead briefly.
Thomas took command again and the
lead changed hands three times
before Thomas applied the steam
in the stretch.
It was a fitting finish to
what entrants termed "The best
field and best race yet."
Renaud fini�hed in 25146,
followed by Dahl in 2610/1 Htl�
grove in 26s351 and Ken i i�nders
of Westbrook in 26:43.
All of them were awarded
trophies as were Brian Lizotte,
first Bangor resident; Larry
Greer of Cape Elizabeth, first
high school runners and Phil
Harmon of Bar Mills, first over
40 years.
Others receiving medals in
the AAU-sanction event sponsored
by the Bangor Recreation Depart
ment weres Paul Thompson,. LaTry
Greer, Neil Mineri Feff. Sanborn,
Jeff Humphrey, Willard Deering,
Russell Taylor, Richard Krause,
Brian Lizotte and Paul Morneault.
A field of 35 answered the
starter's gun includin� 64-year
old John Cody of Hampden.
He was
checked by a physician prior to
race and finished the five-mile
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grind in 70 mir:n�.teR to. pee.om�. t!�e .
oldest ·entrant· to compete in the
event.
Thomas, formerly of Old Town
said he was pleased with the cool
,weather.
The race was held in a
·steady rai�. "If· it was ten de
grees warmer I wouldn't. have made
it.
Walter (Renaud) is a·great .
competitor and a hard man to beat."
Renaud also paid tribute to the
new champion, stating "This man
is one of the best. He has great
determination."
Renaud had been
bothered by a back ailment but
said he had no difficulty in the
Bangor event.
Runners termed weather con
dition almost ideal. :It was a ·
vast change from Sunday's 80-de
gree plus temperature, hovering
around 60 de�rees.
race.
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All 35·entrants completed the
l3a,ng_c;>_r pa.i:ly� � e�
Tu�sid.ay, - � �pt�mb er ?
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the Office of Navajo Economic
Opportunity.
She also taught
junior high school in the Balt
imore City School System.
Terry Polchies, president of
Both Nicholas and Mrs.
TRIBE, Inc. Board of Directors,
Thompson are working under a
announced today the appointment
strong mandate from the Board to
of two executive staff members and
raise the TRIBE experiences of the
new TRIBE funding.
past to develop truly effective,
Daryl Nicholas, a Maliseet
alternate educational routes for
Indian from the Tobique Indian
the high school drop-out and poReserve in New Brunswick has been
tential dropout.
named to the position of Executive
Nicholas stated, "The expel""!
Director and Mrs. Carol Thompson,
iences of the past have taught
a former employee of the Navajo
us a great deal.
They have been
Community College was named to the
our success and our failures.
position of Program Developer.
From them we know that these
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"T he international scope .of
young people are smart and cap
the work and membership of TRIBE,
able of learning and contributing.
Inc. has always been one of its
It is our job then, TRIBE's job,
unique and challenging features,"
to learn with. To me the most
· impressive thing about TRIBE is
Polchies said.
"The Executive
Committee of the Board of
the commitment of persons invol
Directors feels that this comb
ved on the Board. Sure there are
problems, but basically you
ination of Canadian and American
influence on the Executive Staff
have cut across international,
will serve TRIBE well."
national and tribal differences
TRIBE is a non-profit pri
to work together to solve com
vate corporation based in Bar
mon problems.
They really want
to do something."
Harbor , Maine which seeks to all
To assist TRIBE in its en
eviate the high ( 9 0 per cent) drop
out rate among Eastern and Canadian deavors, Polchies also announce
ed the awarding of an additional
young people through innovative
National Endowment for the
and experimental programs and re
Humanities grant.
The grant, in
search in bi-cultural education.
excess of $ 100,000 is the second
In the past TRIBE has sponsored a
year phase of a continuing five
series of seminars on the causes
year grant.
However, in order
of the problem and ran an experim
to receive these .funds, TRIBE
ental eight-month school for drop
outs.
must produce $34,ooo in matching
funds for the National Endowment
·�he. new Executive Director,
·for the Humanities grant by Jun�,.·
Nichol�s, has had extensiv� .ex- .
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perience in Canadian Indian Ed
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ucation.
His post prior to com
ing to TRIBE was educational con
sultant to the Union of New Bruns
wick Indians.
He has also served
as teacher, principal and admin
istrator �o schools in the Alberta
Province.
Mrs. Thomps6n, a native of
Baltimore, Maryland, has worked on
the Navajo Reservation for the
.
past three years.
Her major re
sponsibilities were that of pro
gram development, administration,.
TRIBE Appoints Two New
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I know yo ur fa ces and I s ur� wo uld lik e t o sh a:k e han ds w ith it , b ut
I can •t • • • • anyway , s o h ere I a m w rtti n' t o yo u in th is go o o o oo o d In-din
news paper wh i ch a l l o f yo u sho ul d read , o r red • • � • • ca us e �h is paper,
i t' s go o d fo r yo u. and for.me and f or a ll of us In-d ins , In fa ct, even
. i� y..qu ca!?-�-�-·rea.d, �t is s ti ll g9o d fo r Y.o u and yo u s ho uld j;ed it s ome
time o r o �h er.· ·.·.an d rea d i t' goooooooo.od!·t ! ! . We I n-d ins ' m us t s ti ck t o
geth er and �elp ea ch o th er and h elp o u� peopl es a s w el l a s o ur o l d
peoples • • • • ca us e us In-d ins , w e are not many-many l ik e th e Wh i te Mans
?r t � e B la ck Mans o r th e Yel l o .w Mans , , ;w e might b e man y-many t ri bes
out if t h ey p ut ·u� a l l i n a b ucket w e . wo uld not even be 1/lOth o f
t hat Am erika pop ula ti 9n bomb i hea r s o m uch abo ut!!ft BUT, i f w e can
get t�g eth er, t h en �eeb e s o w e ca n d o s o mething go o d fo r o ur Red P eoples
:iev�rywh ere • • • • • � i n ci ti es as w el l as a t.h om e·on t h e res ervat i ons . SO,
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you. LlSTEN TO ME • • • • • • • • • • • • • EVEN IF YOU CAN'T HEAR. 'I MIGHT SAY SOME.
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YOU D ON-'T KNOW!! 1
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·#h en i rit e t h i s n ews paper 66 1 umn , and i f i say th ings goo d, th en
so m a ny-many In- d in n ewspap ers w i l l want it • • • • • • and t h en i can GIVE
IT TO THEM GOOD, RIGHT AWAY. C o urs e yo u rea ders , o r redd ers, w i l l ha ve
to �ay i f i t' s go od and i f yo u want it mo re than yo u go t it • • • • • • • b ut �
ven i f yo u d on ' t say yo u want mo re, I th ink that I ' m gonna gi ve yo u more
anywayllll CAUSE YOU NEED I T!! LOTS OF IN - DI N NEWS P AP ER$ TRYIN' TO PUL.
US FA R -away in-d ins TOGETHER • • • • • • nm THEY NEED HELP • • • , SO, HERE, I
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AM, J OJiNNY COLD SPRING OF THE NOWASH TRIBE.� • • TO HELP EVERYBODY WAKE UP
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BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE AND IN-DINS ARE NO MORE IN AMERIKA.
not h e re_, I d on ' t know wh ere w e gonna be, b ut i b et it won ' t b e go o d fo r
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11 and 1), play ed �usi c on a cla rinet and Sio ux · £1ut e at t h e WHITR
.•HOUSE C ONFERENCE ON CHILDREN'& YOUTH • • • • • • • • • ·.and so , ·
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Asmatr, of NBC N ews Dept . (4001 Nebrl19ka. A e • . N .W., Wa sh.ington , D. C. )
�HAS EXCLUDED THE INDIAN CHILDREN FROM THE TELECAST, k aepi n .' . a l l th�
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YOU IN-DINS, ALL O F YOU,· SHOULP' . RITE A NASTY NOTE
. TO ·HIM AN TO H I S BOSSI 1 l (His boss is George Hein ema nn , JO .. �ock erfe l l e r
�l a.za-, N ew York C i t y,, N. Y. 10020), NEVER TOO Lf:lTE • • �· . the national net .
works n eed to know that US IN-DINS ARE REAL & ALIVE & WE WANT NO MORE
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�� 12 A ls o , ALL YOU IN -D INS MUST G IV E
N . S C OT T MOMADAY & V IN E DE-LOR IA
for you s i ngs , and H o s e mad e o f lawn·
C UST ER DIE D FOR Y OUR SINS , AND HOUSE
gud books t o read , even i f you can ' t
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SUPPORT T O THOSE TWO IN - D IN WRITERS
BUY THE I R BOOKS a Cus tard d i ed
( j us k idd in '
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MADE OF DAWN . They are ree e e e ly
read . You c o u ld l ike it , lots .
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Hey , me e be s o i f you r i t e a not e , a !- n i c e one , t o C omrn i sh . Lou i s
Bruc e a n d t e l l h im t o ke e p d o ing h i s g o o d j ob
I be t it would
mad e h im happy . He brot a lot o f IN-d in boys ( smart one s ) t o B . I . A . in
Wash- ing- t ona , for b i g j obs , e nn i t t N OW , THE B IA C UD DO S OME GOOD
I F THEY FEEL L IKE IT .
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s o I gue s s it would
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c an t e l l you l o t s more i f i t ry hard , I gue s s . S o , you mus t l ook for
my word s i n s�IN - D in NKW S PA PERS
and I BET YOU C OULD FIND IT
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be all r i ght if i d on.' t r it e anymore r i ght now , e nni t?
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T he use o f the Engl i s h language in th i s c o lumn is not int e nd ed
t o d e grad e or r id i c u l e the Ame r i can I nd ian Pe ople and is n ot
to be c ons t rue d as such . Any re s emblanc e t o pe rs ons l iv ing or
d e ad · is pure ly c o inc id e nta l , and if anyone is o ffend ed unin
t e nt i o na l ly , the wr i t e r he re by o f fe rs pub lic apo logy . The
purpos e of t h i s c o lumn is to inform and s t imu lat e the Ind ian
reade rs in a humorous manne r w ith the hope that gre at e r un ity
among our I nd ian t r ibe s w i l l re s u lt . )
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PEN OBSC OT IND IAN FIELD DAY
The Pe nobs c ot I nd ian C orporat i o n he ld a f i e ld day for a l l mem
bers of the t r ibe and the i r fam i l i e s on I nd ian I s land on Augu s t 29 .
T h e C o rporat i o n furn i s he d barbe cued c h i cken and s o ft d r ink s . Salads : "
Pr i z e s we re given for the foll
and _ d a s e e r.t s w e re brought by the wome n .
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DOOR PRIZ E -two p i c n i c table s , Mr . M i c ha e l Ranc e , Mrs . Susan Paul .
D OOR PRIZ E-two baby rabb i t s , M i s s Pau la Love , Mas t e r Gary J . N e p
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HOR S E,:.S H OE·.' P ITCHING T OURNAMENT- s e t o f hors e s h o e s - W i l fre d Pe hrs -o�
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LAWN JA RTS T OU RNAMENT- two s e t s of
M r s . Eu ge nia . T h omp s o n .
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Wayne wh i p · 5 0 · o f your k ind w it h
a. s ingl e - shot p i s t o l and a rus ty
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"Be ing I nd ian is
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a d o z e n m i s s ionar i e s from 12 d i f- '
· · te �ent fa iths t ry ing t o s a:ve . ·your
heathen s oul eve ry year . " · · ·
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H OW IND IANS - HUNT DE ER
By B i 11 Ge agan
( C ont i nu� · from May' s i s s ue . )
It wa� ·Ne ls on Dana , a young
Pas s amaquoddy , who f irst i nt ro- ' : '
duc e d me to what he c a l le d " horn
banging . " _ Hunt ing in Ma ine ' s vast
Down East c ount ry at t he be g i nning
o f the rut , we hid in hemlocks
ne ar a large urine - s oak e d are a of
black �arth paw o d up by a mat e
a e eking buck .
Ne l s on carr ie d h i s
o ld 38- 5 5 ri f le and two mc d ium
s i z e d antle rs ,
I had long ago l e arne d that
mo s t I nd i ans talk only whe n it i s
ab s o lu t e ly ne c � s sary , Hand s igns
and grunt s are the usual me thods
of c ommuni cat i o ns .
Ne l s on c e r. tainly was no e x c e pt i on .
As a
mat t e r o f fac t , he was by far t he
qu i e t e s t Ind ian I had eve r prowled
- - W i�h .
I had to wat c h h im c on
s tant ly for h i s s igns .
I c ou ldn ' t
b� l ieve my ears whe n he turn� d to
tr1� and whi s pe re d 1 " Bu c k e x pe c t
only d oe a t h i s s c rape place .
H o r n-banging mix h im up .
He be
v e ry c urious and want to fight .
Th i s my own i d e a .
I t work good l "
Eye s c l o s e d , I l i s t e ne d as he
rub be d and bange d t h e ant l e rs t o
ge the r .
I t s ound e d exac t ly l ike
t he few a c tual c o nt e s t s I had
he ard .
N o t h ing happe ne d .
The
Ind i an re s te d , l o oke d and l i s t e ne d
the n repeated t he pe rformanc e ,
th i s t ime �t t e ring gut t e ra l grunt s
r at t ling r o c k s , break i ng sma l l
orus h , and , s �me thing new t o me ,
tl'\,ump ing hard on the s o ft e arth
With t he he e l of a large brown
hand ,. . ·
N a ls on s hook h i s head whe n I
l o oked at two c ur i ous d oe s , on�
on e ithe r s id e of a sma l l and very
' ld eutt i�g .
Thon a buc k c ame ,
runn ing hard in a s t range crouc h ,
Wi l d - e ye d and ful l o f fight . He
� ama very near and s t ood s t i l l .
My s i le nt Ind ian frie nd nodde d ,
and I droppe d a hands ome t rophy .
Fo l low e d c lo s e ly , t h i s same pro
e e duro in s im i lar s it uat i ons now
.... � o ft en pays o f f for m� .
Sylve s t e r Franc i s Nee dahbe h ,
and Re d Eagle a l l s trongly favor
ed look ing for d � e r , part icularly
c leve r o ld bucks , in unus ua l
place s . A lthough the I ndian pre
fe rs t o prow l the d e e p w o o d s , he
knows that d e e r and a l l other
game are not numero us in t he ma
ture d fore s t . The fr inge are a i s
the ir favore d hunt ing gro und whe n
meat and h id e s are ne e d be cause
i t i s in such environme nt t hat
t he de e r ' s food i s mos t abundant .
Re t urning from v i s i t s with
farm fr iends ne ar Bangor on s ev
e ral lat e - summe r n ight s , my w i fe
A l ic e and I s aw in our car he ad1 ight s from s ix to fi ft e e n d e e r
in t he s ame w i ld f ie lds hnrd e r
ing the road . W it h the c om i ng
o f the. hunt ing s e as on .
I hur ried
-·c onfide nt ly t o t hat are a of
mos t
f ie lds and d e ns e s t and s o f
ly c on i fe rous w o o d s .
Days in a
row I prowl e d the re , but like
the hunt e rs in the M i c h i gan and
S outh Dak ota e xpe r ime nt s , I
ne i t he r s aw nor he ard a d e e r-
buck , d oe , or fawn .
I c ouldn ' t
und e rs tand i t , And again I t urn
e d t o my Ind ian friends for a
p o s s ible s o luti on .
Off h i s c anoe - bu i ld ing j ob
at Old T own for a few days ,
Sylve s t e r c ame t o the are a with
me in hope s of s o lving the
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A t remena
mys t e ry . And he d i d l
ous w i ld bog , fou r mi l e s lo ng
and a m i le or more w i d e and
d ivid e d by a w id e s t ream ,
s prawled t o the s outh o f the
Our fru it le s s
w o od s and f i a ld s .
, s it t ing , and wat c h in �
prowl ing
f inal ly wound up at the e dge �1
I t was a
the great was t e land .
n i ghtmare o f t owe r i ng swale gras s
s tre t che s o f cha l l e nging puc k e r
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brus h , tangle s o f a ld e rs , anc
w i ld red maple s , a l l r i s i ng fro m
d e e p black bog s lo p . A he llh ole
i f eve r there was one .
" C e rta inly , no d e e r would
eve r go int o that me s s l " · · I ex
c la im� d .
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t hat , " S y lves t er draw led t hough t
fully �
We returned t he fo l low ing
�orn i n� , th i s t ime w i th t he �
: nd ian ' s ·canoe .
He d i rect ed me
�o rema in h i d den where a wooded
·'.)ank over looked the great bog , ·
: wa i t ed an etern i t y before I
� i an l ly s aw h im far acros s t he
wav i ng gras s as he pad d led s low
I watched
-1 down the s t ream .
� im ·beach t he craft , hau l on h i p
�oot s , and head s t umb l ing acros s
�he bog toward me .
He was ba lanc ing along on
� he qu i ver ing hummock s bet ween
:ace-down fa l l s .
On and on he
�ame .
T hen s ud denly. an i s land
� f maples exploded deer , flags
�ly i ng h i gh in a l l d irect ions .
: saw. S y lves t er f i re tw ice and
rr i s s , and , t i ght and nervous ,
v,·atched four o f t he an ima l s
�wo d oei, a fawn , and a buck
:ound i ng h i gh in my d irect i on .
�Y f ir s t s hot at the buck t ore
:�to an a l d e r .
A s econd one
k�ocked h im d own, but it t ook a
t tird to s top h im .
" Deer can go any p lace .
Jon ' t pas s up any k ind o f cover
�hen the ch i ps are d own, " ·
S y lves ter s a i d as we drove home .
Many a hunter has sat for a
� ime at the s id e of an old wood s
road, moved on, and returned t o
i i s cover b y fresh t rack s i n mud
�r s now t hat one or more d eer
. �ad cros s ed at t hat very s pot .
i�y I nd ian fr iend s agree that very
O ften d eer on the way to cros s
a road d e tect the road s id e s i t
:er, rema i n mot i on les s , look i ng
and l i s ten i ng, up to an hour or
:nore, . corn i ng out when the hunt er
· �oyes on .
S ylves ter · s everal
� imes prove d t h i s t heory to me-
� he firs t t ime i n t he· ��cellent
deer country of Gree.n fi e ld ·
�ear Old Town �
On t he edg� o t a� old h�u l
!ng road in d ens e con i ferous
growth we pu f f � d hand �rol led
. � igarett es and talk� d a l it t le
�he I nd ian
for near � an hour,
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wh i s pered t hat he he ard a tw i g
s nap beh i nd us and mot ioned t o
move on . · Mov ing s lowly u p t he
road about f i fteen paces , we wat
ched · long from beh ind a -large
w i nd- fe lled s pruce .
F i na l ly t he
f irs s hoo�, parted , and out s t ep
ped three d eer- a doe and two
large year l i ngs .
We let them
. pas s . A ·· ;n i nute later an e ight-·:·
pq int buck followed caut ious ly
and Sy lves ter dropped h im .
Very o ften that " s tump"
in t he shadowed woo4 s t hat looks
exact ly l i ke a res t ing deer ' s
head is jus t that .
Many a f i ne
t rophy i s pas s ed up in s uch s it
uat ions .
Look hard w i t hout mov
ing , clos i ng the eyes for s ec
ond s at a t ime les t they f ire
and fa i l you .
Over the years I
have been conv inced aga in and
aga in t hat it pays o f f to look
back at a s i t t ing place, and to
g ive certa in s tumps a long s ec
ond look .
Of cours e , always be
i ng abs olut ley s ure i t ' s a deer
and not a pers on before you take
a s hot .
New cut t i ngs prov ide much
d eer food in the t ops o f fresh
ly fel l e d hardwood s , but thos e
cutt ings are much more attract ive
to t he . wh i tet a i l s the s e cond year
when tender young s prout s , s ucker
growth, and t he inev itable ras p
berry bu$ hes appear in great pro
fus ion .
The s e are more payoff
s pot s for t he Ind ians , and for
a l l other hunters t ra ined in
wood s lore and capable o f hol d
i ng a long, qu i e t v i g i l nearby .
( C ont inued i n next month ' s i s s ue . )
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" BE ING IND IAN IS ,
Being . Ind ia� i s, , . f i �ht ing w i th
t he u.s , · Army to s ave your · count
ry · from the e v i l s of commun i s t s
a n d a·ga i n s t the U . S '� Army on
your res � rvat i on .to k e e p the
C orps of Engine e rs from· s teal ing
a l l your land .
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Dear Ed itor s
I am glad t o s e e t h e news
lett e r back in act ion aga in ,
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be cau s e I have writt e n t o you
be fore and you d id pub l i s h s ome
of the th ings I have wr itten .
When I wrot e be fore I expre s s ed
my opini ons o f the �h ite man ,
the ir tre atme nt t owards the Ind ian ,
and the re att itud e s t oward s us ,
not all o f them but s ome .
Now , I
find t hat s ome o f the tr ible
Gov ' s and c ouns e l l members , have
the s ame att itude t oward s the
I nd ians who l ive o ff t he I s land .
I s e e no d i ffre nc e in there
tre atment t oward s us , than �he
Wh ite man ' s . S o whe n s ome o f the
Ind ians s tart h o l l e r ing .pre s e rve
�here cult ure and h e r itage • what
do they mean? I know s ome of the
Ind ians want t o . pre s e rve what
�hey have le ft of t h e re culture
and he r itage , but s ome of them
ho llor about this whe n t hey think
they w i l l have t o s hare w i th off
re s e r\rat i o n I nd ians , so t h i s te lls
me they want t o pre s e rve the white
man ' s way , be caus e mos t wh i t e men
do not want t o s hare e ithe r , but
they labe l . it , as be ing cons e rv
T h e S tat e o f Me . c e nsus
it ive .
l i s t s I nd ians , but . the U . S . c e n
s uc e , has none ; · the las t t ime I
The Penobs c o t s l is t s 82 8 ,
he ard .
In� ians in August a , bu� on �he
I s land , if you l ive in t own your
c onc idered wh i t e , this is another
they just want
wh i t e man s way
to e la im you , �ot he lp you , how
long has this be � n I nd ian culture ?
How long has I nd ian culture be e n
t o cheat and d e ny o ff re s e rvat ion
Ind ians of the re equa l ! r i ght s 1
My Anc i s t ors t o ld m e t h i s is what
the wh i t e man d id , to them , t he y
meve r t o ld · me t h e Ind ian d id t h is
t o oth� r membe rs of the re tribe ,
they t old me wh i t e me n us e I nd ians
for t he re own &:dvantage , the.y
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never t o ld me Ind ians wou ld us e me
for there advantage l ik e they are
do ing now , by putt ing my name on
- the c e ncus l i s t eve r yea� _ .they
c la im me but re fus e t o . he lp me , is
this Ind ian culture , t o me its no
d i ffre nt than what the wh ite man
d o e s , I s e e the Ind ians d o i ng the
same t hing but call it pre s e rv ing
there culture and whe n the white
man does · it t o the Ind ian say i t s
cheat ing . and are us ing me . but I
s e e no d i ffrence � t h e n the - at t itude
I re c ive from the wh ite man � I
alway thought chang ing .. the wh ite
mans at t itud e , was the answe r , I
s e e i t s not .
The now Gov and · pas t
Gov ' s and s ome o f t h e c ouns e l
membe r . pas t and pre s e nt , . hav ing a l J
t�e things t h e wh ite man has , such
· as there nice home s , cars , ward
robe , s ome even b e t t e r than s ome
wh i t e s. have . they have �very th ing
the wh i t e man has , but whe n I say
I want the . same th ing w ith . there
he lp , l ike the he lp they · re c e ive
they s tart hollor ing pre s e rv ing
our culture , or s ay I am -- t o much
l ike the wh i t e man , jus t be caus e
I have t o l ive in t o�n s whe n
actually all I want i s t o pre s e rve
my culture and h e r itage : in the
wh ite mans way l i�e . they - are
d o ing , I can unde rs t and the K i nd
o f culture and he ritage you are
t e aching . i t s a_ lot . d i ffrent than
the one s ome othe rs want to ma in
tain , and unt i l ! the Gov and s ome
�t the c 6uns e l m�mbe r e xpla in what
they are talk ing about , I w i l l
c ont inue t o d emand equal r ights
for mys e lf and othe r I nd ians who
have to l ive o ff the re s e rvat i ons .
as long as my name i s on the
. t rible c e nsus l is t , and th�y are
c la im i ng me as an Ind ian , - I want
what is r i ght ly mine als o , from
the . tr ibe , and the S tate , and i f
I move t o Alaska I w i l l s t i ll be
a Penobs c ot · I nd ian .
S inc e rly ,
Phyll is
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D e ar S i r s
I have r e que s t e d and re c e ive d
from the S t ate E l e c t i ons D iv i s ion
ne c e s s ary pap.e rs . for a re fe re n dum
on a s e at , a v o i c e . and a vo t e for
Ind ians in the Ma ine Leg i s lature .
I fe e l qu i t e c o nfid e nt that mo s t
Ma ine v ot e rs would a c t favorably
on such a re fe re ndum . I do not
want t o s tart . t o work on a pro
j e c t s uc h .as .t h i s . w i t hout the
I nd ians OK
I . have c onta c t e d
s ome t r ibal membe rs and awa it a
. re ply . P l e a ae d o what you c an t o
inform . the Ind ians o f m y thought s .
I w i l l be away qu i t e fre que nt ly
but · h<?-_ pe ·.t o s pe nd more t ime on
th �s . a ft e r a re ply and a ft e r c on
v e �t. i ons are ove r for my husband
and me
I k now t he I nd ians have
many th ings k e e p ing the n bus y
t ry i ng t o s o lve probl ems and I
w ould l ike t o be o f s e rv i c e t o
the m ..' . .
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re ad ing who can he lp me and
others l i ke me .
Go in be auty .
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S e n . C athe r i ne C arswe l l
( Ed N o t e s Should the re ad e rs w i s h
t o re ply t o S e n . C arswe l l ' s in
t e r e s t i n a s t atewide re f e re ndum
o n a vo i c e , s e at and vote for
I nd ians , you may addre s s he.r at
S ta t e of Ma ine , S e nat e C hamb e r
Augus t a , M e 04 3 3 0 or 26 Panoram i c
Dr ive , P o rt land , Me . 04 1 0 3 . )
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i b l e I nd ian� " · an Aqu i nah-Wam
pan o e g o f Mas s a chus e t t s .
It ls
go od to he ar o f the a c t ivi�ies of
my broth e rs and s i s t e rs to the
N o rt h . As an urban I nd ian o f
m i x e d b l o od i n a n are a that bares
t o o many ' appl e s •· it is d iff i c ult
t o r e t a i n t he beauty and me aning
o f our trad i t i ons . I am look ing
for he l p in l ea rn i ng o f our true
r e l i. e; i. n n ,
Robe rt w . Dav i s
( Wat is apurne qu i n )
Box 5 5
Mashpe e , Mas s .
02649
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Dear Ed i t o r ,
Imag ine my surpr ise in re
c e iv ing j ust last week a c opy of
your news l e t t e r , a ft e r our sub
s c ript i o n ran out a c ouple of
ye ars ago . Many thanks · for the
c ompl ime ntar � c opy . I ' m enclosing
a c he ck for $ 6 . 0 0 for a subs c r i pt i on 1 ) for ourselves and
2 ) a g i ft for my aunt . Yes , there
are s ome pe ople in t h is b i g . c ity
who are c oncerned w ith Ind ian · _
affairs and r i ghts .
We don ' t ·
buy what the New York Times tells
us that the Bureau o f Ind ian
Affa irs S A Y S
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May I w ish you the best o f
luck i n the c ont inuance of your
My fr i.e nd s ,
nnt ive
ve ry l i t t l e that was remembered
by my father and grand fathe r . O
Our pe ople have long ago be e n
forc e d int o the cultura l ma in
s t ream and s o mu ch was lost that
mus t be rega ined .
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Having been. a news
newsletter .
le.tter ed i t or myself ( a c o- oper
at i ve nursery sc hool· and Head
S t art ) I know t he problems .
Yours is muc h more amb1 t i ous ,
Mine never · exceeded 4
h owever .
pages !
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Oh yes I would like t o order
2 Ind ian C olorirtg B ooks for ·=a
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ne i ghbor ' s· c h ildren who recently
I w ill · make ·
moved t o German� .
that c heck fo� $6 . 0 0 �
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subs c r ipt ion t o me at the be low
addre s s . The g i ft s ubs c r ipt ion
its s upos e d t o · be a C hr is tma s
g i ft-do you have a card or not e
inform i ng re c ipient o f t h is ? )
goe s t o Mrs . Ruth A l e xand e r
3e aux A r t s Hot e l
3 0 7 Eas t 44th S t .
New York , N . Y .
Thank you ,
Mrs . Fa ith C o le
145 Warre n St ,
Brooklyn , N . Y . 1 1 2 0 1
SEND ALL DONAT I ON T 0 1
BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICAN IND IANS
C/O CHA I RMAN , ALBERT CALF LOOK IN G
DEPARTMEN T OF JUST ICE
B OX 6 0 0
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RES PECT FULLY YOURS ,
BROTHERHOOD OF AMER ICAN IND IANS .
ED IT OR SMOKE TALK , NEVA HENSHAW
C ORRSP . SECT . , HA RRINGT ON LUNA
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Dear Ed i t or s
�E THE BROTHERS OF THE BROTHER
�OOD OF AMER I CAN IND IANS WOULD
�IKE T O ASK YOUR HELP AND AS S IS
�AN C E I N HELPING U S ES TABL ISHING
;_ EMERGEN C Y FUND HERE AT McNE IL
:SLAND .
�� HAVE S ENT OUT REQUESTS T O
J: FFERENT BUREAU OF IND IAN S
AFFA I RS DEPARTMENT B OTH LOCAL
�ND TO THE AREA OFFIC E IN PORT
:.J..ND , OREGON . S O FAR N OTHING HAS
�EEN D ONE T O HELP US .
:T IS BAD EN OUGH T O BE HERE IN
:ARCERATED , YET W ORS E T O HAVE A
� RAGEDY OR DEATH IN OUR FAMI LYS ,
lND WE CANN OT GO H OME ON FUR
:ivUGH , DUE TO THE LACK OF FUNDS ,
'liE MUST PAY FOR THE ES C ORT ING
CF FICER ' S EXPEN C ES .
�E S I NC ERELY BEL I EVE I F SUCH A
?JND WAS GRANT ED T O US HERE AT
J�NEIL AND OTHER PEN I L INS T I �1 JT I ON WHERE OUR BROTHERS ARE AT .
:? YOU C OULD HELP US IN ANyWAY WE
W UJLD THANK YOU VERY MUCH . WE
:iAVE A BANK A C C OUNT S ET UP IN
:'AC OMA AREA TO HANDLE SUCH FUNDS .
: F ANYON E W ISHES T O S END THEM T O
US . TH IS W OULD BE VERY H ELPFULL
�O US AND T O ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
WHEN SUCH A BAD TH ING HAPPEN IN A
FAM ILY . FOR I F YOU WERE IN SUCH
A P LA C E I AM SURE THA T YOU C OULD
UNDERSTAND HOW · IT W OULD TAKE
T OLE OF YOU .
Dear S ips is s
As you know , I am the gre at e s t
be l iev e r in t re at i e s r but I am
ve ry s orry t o inform you at this
t ime that we d o not have any
money ava i lab le t o do th i s . I
hope you and t he Pe nobs c o t s
und e rs tand m y s ituat i on .
I f I d id buy t h i s mat e r ia l , this
would mean s ome one e ls e has t o
do w ithout . A lthough I want to
d o i t , my be t t e r j udgme nt t e l l s
me not to at t h i s t ime .
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Hope t o ke e p in t ouch w it h you
in the ne ar future �
Cord ia l ly yours ,
J ohn w . S t e vens
C omm i s s i one r
( Ed . Note s T h i s lett e r ie the
reply to the OPEN LETTER TO
IND IAN C OMMISS I ONER writ t e n on
pa g e 2
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d e n c e to Ma ine I nd ian N ews l e t t e r
P . O . B o x 5 5 3 , O l d T own , Me . 0446 8
Le t t e rs from re ade rs are not
ne c e s s ar i ly the opinion o f the
Ed i t or . A ll opinions are
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MA IN E IND IAN C OMMI S S I ON ER a
C o ngrat u lat i ons & b e s t w i s h e s t o
J ohn S t ev e ns , nam e d b y Gove rno r
K e nn e t h Curt i s , as t h e n e w I nd ian
C omm i s s i one r .
J ohn S t e ve ns was born i n 19 3 3 at
P e t e r Dana Po int , I nd ian Town
s h ip Re s e rvat i o n , Princ e t on ,
A ft e r c ompl et ing two and
Ma ine .
o n e hal f ye ars o f h igh s c h o o l h e
j o ined the Marine C o rps and
s e rv e d in K or e a .
U pon h i s re turn
from the s e rv i c e , from wh i c h he
was h o norably d i s c harge d , he was
e le c t e d Gove rnor of the I nd ian
T owns h i p Pas s amaquoddy Tribe and
has he ld t hat pos it i on for the
pas t 17 ye ars , be i ng r e - e l e c t e d
b y popu lar v o t e o f t h e Tribe
every two ye ars .
B e fore b e
c om i ng as s o c iat e d w i t h the T r ibe ' s
prev ious C ommunity Act i o n Program
he was employed by t h e G e org ia
Pac i fi c C o rporat i o n i n Wo od land ,
Maine .
Dur ing t h i s p e r i od , from
1 96 6 - 1 9 6 9 he s e rve d as Cha i rman
of t h e board of d ire c t ors of t h e
Pas s amaqu o d dy C ommunity Program
whe n it was a d e lagat e agency o f
t h e Wash ingt o n C o unty R e g iona l
A c t i o n Age nc y .
W h e n he r e s igne d
from t h e Ge o rg ia-Pac i f ic C o rp
o rat i o n t o be c ome e x e cut ive
d i re c t o r of the d e le gat ed pro
gram , h e was a bo i l e r f ireman
e arning app o rx imat e ly $ 1 0 , 0 0 0
pe r year and had be e n e l e ct ed
v i c e pre s id e nt o f h i s Local o f
the A FL-C I O .
H e was e x e cut ive
d i re c t o r o f the d e le gat e d C om
mun ity A c t i on Program dur ing
1 96 9 , and C o- D i re c t o r of the
c urre nt LPA Program .
Among h i s
o t h e r re s pons ib i l it i e s , J ohn
St evens is a m e mb e r of the S tate ' s
Ind ian Educat i o n Adv i s o ry C om
m i t t e e , the Adv i s ory B oard of the
R oman C atho l i c D i o c e s e an D i v i s i on
o f I nd ian S e rv i c e s , an adv i s o r t o·:
t h e D i o c e s e o f P o rt land ' s Bureau · _
o f Human Re lat i ons ·, . . a re pre s e nt
at ive o n t h e . Governor ' s Task
Fo rc e of Human R i ght s , and i s a
m embe r o f t h e newly- formed N e w
England Reg i ona l C omme t t e e o f t h e
N at i onal Adv i s ory C ommette e on
P lann ing .
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M i s s ing Boy
S t ill S ought
I ND IAN I S LAND- -E ight days aft e r he
was report e d m i s s ing , 10-year- o ld
Fl oyd N e ptune o f I nd ian Is land was
s t i l l ·b e ihg s o ught Monday n i ght as
a s earch head e d by Is land C ons ta
ble Wayne M itche l l c ont inued .
M i t che l l s a id the Pe nobs c o t
C o unty She r i ff ' s Off i c e had
s t o pped dragging the river and
was not us i ng d ivers be cause o f
poor v i s i b i l ity und e r the wat e r .
But he and c onstable Roger Ranc o
are s t i l l che ck ing the banks of
the P enobs c o t River whe re t h e boy
was be l i ev e d to have drowned .
Bangor Hydro-El e c t r i c Company
employe e s from the M i l ford plant ,
Fore s t ry S e rv i c e pers onne l and
flye rs out o f DeW i t t Fi e ld in Old
Town are als o wat c h ing for any
s ign o f the b oy , M it c h e l1 sa id .
Pre s e nt ly
l eads on the
i ng that a l l
the Old T own
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t h e r e are no n e w
cas e , he added , say
vacant bu i ld ings on
v i c inity have · be en
( Bangor Da i ly N ews Oc t . 26 , 19 71 )
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T O . BE THANKFUL FOR?
THE UN ITED AMERICAN INDIANS OF NEW
ENGLAND HAVE DECLARED THANKS GIVING
DAY 1971 TO BE A NAT I ONAL DAY OF
MOURN ING FOR NAT IVE AMERICANS AT
PLYMOUTH ROCK , PLYMOUTH , MASSA
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The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. <br /><br />A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: <em>Life and Traditions of the Red Man</em> (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana.<br /><br />The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office.<br /><br /><strong>Resources</strong><br /><br />Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a><br /><a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a><br /><br />
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<em>Maine Indian Newsletter</em> (Summer 1971)
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ssipsis (Thompson, Eugenia)
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Colby College
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1971
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Julia Brush
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APRIL
1972
.PRAYER
We hold in our hands fourteen strings of .purple wampum.
These we
hand one by one �o you--authors of many American history books, wri
ters of cheap, inaccurate� unautheritic, sens�tional novels,··and other
writers of fiction who have poisoned the minds of young Americans
conc�rning our people, the red race of America to producers of many
western cowboy and Indian television programs and movi.ng picture·
shows, to those treaty breakers who delight in dispossessing Indian
people by construct1ng dams on Indian lands in violation of sacred
treaties, and to those of this.
Our country, who are prone to build
up the glory of their ancestors on the bones and life blopd of our
people.
With this first string of wampwn we take the fog that · su�rounds
your eyes and obstructs your view�hat you may see th� tr�th con
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cerning our people.
With this second string of wampum we pulJ,. .away from y·our · impris- ·
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oned minds the cobweb nets that prevent you from d��ling justide to
our people.
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With this third string of wampum we cleanse ·your nearts· of revenge,
selfishness, and injustice that you may create.. love· instead of ha.te
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With this fourth string of wampum we · wash the bl�od of our.people
from your hands that you may know the clasp of true friendship and·
sincerity.
With �his fifth strin� of . wampum we shrink your heads down to that
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of a normal man� we cleanse your minds· of .the abnormal conceit and
love of self that has caused you to walk. blindly among the dark
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peoples of the world.
· .. . With this sixth .. s-tring·of wampum we remove your garments of gold,
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silve� �nd greed_ "that you may don the apparel of generosity, hos
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pitality, and humanity.
With.this seventh string of wampum w�· re�ove the dirt that fills
your .�ars , so that y.ou may hear the strong story and the truth of our.=·
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With this eighth string of w_arnpum .we straighten your tongues of':·
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crookedness that in. ·the future yo.u may s:peak the truth" co'ncerning
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Wi:th this ·ninth ·s"t!ring of wampum we ta,ke away the dark �lp��s -�roni
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the face of the sun that its rays· may pu.ri'fy your thoughts, .that y_ou ·
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may look forward and see· Ame.rica instead of backward· toward Europe.
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With this terit.h string of wampum we brush away the roue::h �tones
and sticks from your path that you may walk erect as the first
American whose name you hav0 .<lc.l'amorl �rhl wl1osc <.;011.utr,x you now
occupy.
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With th is eleventh string of wampum we take from your hand your
implements of d estruct i on , �ns, bombs , f irewat er , d iseases , and plac e
in them inste ad--the p ipe of fr i e ndsh ip and peace that you may sow
brotherly love rather than b it t er hat e and injust ice
W ith th is twe � veth string of wampum we bu ild you a house w ith many
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wind ows and no mirrors that you may look out and se e the l ife and
purpose of your ne arest ne ighbor , the Americ an Ind ian .
Wi:th this t hirt e enth str ing of wampum we t ake d own the wall of
st eel and st one that you have built around the ( tre e of pe ace, ) that
you may t ak e shelt er beneath its branches .
With th is fourt e enth str ing of wampum we tak e from the hen coop
the e agle t hat you have imprisoned that this noble b ird may once aga in
f ly in the sky over Amer ica .
I , Te-ha-ne - t o -rensJ say th is .
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--from the Akwesasne Mohawk (S t . Re� is) Pamph l � t
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BA XTER STAT E' PARK
NATURALLY WILD
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�ill be a re ward ing , memorable
e xper i enc e .
( Ed . N ote: Yes , we owe th is ma�
Baxt�r Stat e Park is a w ild er
n if icent gift t o Percival Baxt er
n e ss preserve of more than 200 , 000
who w ishe d not to pre serve the
acres - mount a inous woodland , ponds Peno bscot's r ightful ownersh i·p of
and streams . Dur in� a period of
the land , but w ish e d t o preserve
more than JO ye ars the former Gov
it for recre at ional purpose s .
ernor, Perc ival Baxt er, bought par Th e Penobsc ot's purpose of land
ce ls of this land and d e e d e d it to
was and is f·or :sacred ·c er'emon ial
be h e ld i n trust by the State of
purposes . Perhaps one day soon
Ma ine , for the benefit of the pe ople t h is land and other land will be
" as a st at e forest , pub l i c park and retti�nea to �he Nat ive pe o ple . )
for public re cre at ional purposes t o be k e pt in its natural w ild st ate * * * * � * * * * * * * * * * * *
and as a sanc tuary for w i ld beasts
and b irds . "
THOMPSON TALES
This magn if i c e nt gift to t he· ·
pe o ple of Maine includ es 46 moun
Penobsc ot Tr ibal Court ·
t a i n pe aks and ridg·e s , d ominat ed
by the impos in� Mt . Katahd in w ith
Judge lam Oro.n o ope ne� the .
Ma i n e 's.h ighes� po int (4, 267 . f e e t ), spring sess i on of. Penobsc ot Tribal
Baxt e r P e ak , name d in hon or' of h im
Court with a · reminder that Wi'n oo
whose fores ight and generos ity
c h es not be granted perm iss i o n .t o
preserve d· for man, as well as· an
gather any food from the land of
the Nat i on. " He expla ined to t he
imal , . t·his sanc'tuary from the
Pe opl e that t o o many p lants were
e ncroachm e nt s of what is c all e d
da.rnage d arid m is hand l e d'r' many root.
" c i v i 1i z a t i on .
Baxt er Peak is· also the northe rn syst ems ·were were d isturbed : and
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mangled , and the paths l e ad ing to
t erm inus of the fame d Appalach ian
the ·�food we:re · · le .-ft d irty and
Trail�· by act of ·Con�ress , ( now
messy . He fett that the amount
known as the A ppalachian Nat i o na l
o� t im e it would tkk e to teach
S c en ic. Tra i 1 ) , a 2 , _000 m i le· fo" o t ·
the W ino o c he s about food was t oo
tra il from Main e to Ge orgia . Ten
gre at. Judge Orono c onclud e d
mil e s of t h is trail are in Baxter
t hat t h e Peo� l e ' s purpose was t �
Park .
I f y�u love the �h ings of nature , l ive and n o t t o try t o c hange
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a c am ping vac at i on in Baxt er Park
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� Q I ! Q R I � 1 =s=E:c:T:I:o:N:
organ izat i ons , the Un ivers it y
dec i d e d to drop thP. use o f t h e
MAINE INDIAN t-JEWSLETTER
sym bo l .
EDITORs ( Mrs . ) Eugen i a T homps on
But t h i s i s on ly the f i r s t i n
Pe n obs c ot
a l o n g l in e o f at h l e t i c t e ams
wh i c h.e x p l o i t I nd i an pe o p l e ' s
N ews a n d stor i es may b e subm i t t e d
v e ry name , and d e s e c rat e i t .
The
t o t h e Newslet t er for pub l i c at i on
o t hers are w e l lknown - t h e C l e v e
at the fo l l ow i ng addre s s:
Ma i n e
land Ind i ari s , t h e At lanta Brav e s ,
Ind ian N ewslett er, P . O . Box 553,
the M i lwauk e e Bucks, the Chicago
B lack Hawk s .
V ia Old T o w n , Ma i n e 04468
A lt o �ethe r there are about JO
Edi t ori al S t af f: K e n
o t h e r c o l l e ge and pro fe s s i on a l
Stan - Gart
Sparky - R e d - T h e Boy - Carl t e ams wh i c h d e grad e t h e name o f
Mo otch
R i c k - Edward - Cathy I nd ians , by pre s e nt in� t h e fa l s e
image o f the ha ppy lacky , m o s t
and Nata l i e .
o ft e n gr i n n i ng s tu p i d ly a n d d an
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Ne edless
t o say, this presents a narrow ,
Guest Ed i t o r i a l
m islead ing image of t h e I nd i an
pe o p l e .
THE I MAGE OF THE INDIAN
SANTA CLARA, C A L I FORN IA - T h e S t a n AS A MASCOT MUS T BE R EMOVED �
ford Ind i an is d e ad . He d i e d a
What d o you t ell your son when
he asks you why w e a lways att a c k e d
qu i e t d e at h in the ha l l s o f t h e
t h e wagon tra in? · Or why w e always
Student S e nat e , and fe w I nd i ans
k i l l e d i nn o c e nt wom e n and c h i ldre n?
mourn e d .
Or why I nd ians a lways scalpe d
He was b orn in the s ame h a l ls
in 1930, wh e n the Student Senat e
wh i t e men?
T h e wh it e man , of course, d oe s
decided t hat t�e I nd ian would be
an appropriat e symbol for the St an n o t have t o answ e r such quest i ons�
even though h is forefathers w e r e
ford Un ivers i t y fo o t ba l l t e am . The
symbol has be en in cont inuous use
much more qui lty of these t h in�s
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since t hat t im e .
There wera s ome objact i ons over
the years , but t he y n e v e r r e ached
the e ars of the S t an fo rd community.
There was a very gooct reas on for
the S tanford community not hear in�
about it for so long; there we re
no I nd i ans in-or n e ar the Stanford
campus unt il t w o y e ars a�o . Then
the admi nistrat i on went on a cras h
program of Ind ian recrui tment, and
tod ay there are 55 I n d i an s on the
Stanford c ampus .
But t hese are real Ind i ans, not
.some pop- culture foot ball symbols ,
and t h ey imm e d i at e ly t ook ob je�t i on
to t he use of t h e Ind i an symbol .
All of the f irst year t he y were on
the campus they qui e tly t alke d to
the adm in istrat i on from the Presi
dent on d own t o the lowest in an
effort to have the symbol changed .
They were unsuccessful .
Th is year, a ft e r present in� a
petit i on s igned by a l l 55 I nd i ans
on the c ampus, and seyeral lett ers
of support from o t h e r I n d i an
than any Ind i an forefathers . The
reason is that he controls t h e
med ia , t h e c arr i e rs o f t h e infor
mat i on that gets t o all our chil
dre n , re d , wh i t e, brown, and black .
And he has t o have � just ifi
cat i on for tak i ng all t hat land,
so he d o es it by mak ing several
thousand B w e s t e rn mo� i es , all
show ing the West as it never was .
He had t o rat i onal ize the k il
l ing , so he mad e beli eve the
Ind i an was an animal . T hat way
it was e asy to k ill to get to the
land . But the Indian is not an
animal , trained to danc e at the
c ommand ing yells of spe ctat ors at
athlet i c events . We are human
be ings , to o , w ith a he art , a soul ,
and a ri�ht t o l ive a fre e I ife . i •·
And w e can ' t l ive t hat fre e l ife
· if the soc i e ty cont i nues to perpet
rat e myt hs about our e x ist ence .
We have t oo many r e a l pro b l ems ·
t o work on , problems that most of
all d emand und erst and ing by all
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Knee . Massacre 300 Indian men, wo
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men.' arid "'chiidren were ·�s laughtere'd · ·
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as . the ·r1ghte.mis . C11rist ians· s' tood
by and quarreled over·wnich ·ae- .
nomination should lead.the'Indiart
from his savage ways
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If that isn't recent enough,
(An ·ea i.to'rial ·by the edi t.ors·· . . of·
maybe'this will e n ligh t e n.the
The Roman
Christian followers.
Indian Voi6� · magazirie.)
Catholic Church, one of the weal
thiest organizations in .the· world��
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bought seventy women from India-- : '.'
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For a reli�ion that claims salva
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has gone ast�ay in. practicing what
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people' of fen'9.(?scot �at iQn to re- The �hurch_s unsigned partner,
ali.i.e... that �w��· h;ave o�_en· robbed of
th� various levels of Pmerican
our .Cu];ture .. by -r-�l.5;�eous and pol
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government, should recieve· i.t's
i ·n.c·a1 opport�n.ist? ·: ·
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credit .for -three centuries: of
.. , <For· eve'!·' t�r�e;.' 'hundred years
our"white· bro'tfle-rs. wf\8':c1arm their
genocide against Indian peopfA in
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·-.way· o:f "l�:fe· ··to,·be :superio'r ,.to our
the name of freedom.
Iri 1725,
We �eri not exclud�d;
tra ct itionaT'' id'e'al's, h.a:'s :bra:in :..., ...
the rrommon ealth of �a��achu�atts
wash�d us with . . his gosp�t ind m�n
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placed a b�unty on the ��al�s of .
made values'.
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Penobscot Tndians because.we· as
'The . .P�o-of. is · a1 l ai:o u n ci,' us. , ,
a people W:6.tild not ac-cept -:the. King.
Look on both ·sides of. th e r ·p � nobs-·
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cot� "6n·c e we held' t'riat ·. ·1and · rn "· : of Englarid �� our �l�t.. T�� En�� .
lish wer� gene�ous� ·4� pou�ds for
trus·t for our · Creato·r�
Toa·a.y: 1t" ,
belorigs t6. the ·sta�e 6f "M8;1ne '·and" � Penob�c�� .�al�. s� � iP. and 20.
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so ao we.- 'E've'n on our Pendbscot'
pounds for .a woman · or chi'lds s�al,p
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N_atfo.n stands 'the ve"r:y symbolS of.
The En �l-i s !i _prqc la � n:i � ·(ion was n.evf;
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stficken from their law books,.
·otir ·destruction; the 'Christ1an
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chui'chs.
From ..experie'rice � ...it• s · · The State.· :of Maine became ah '6ut-
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easy·:"to say otir White ·brothers . ·_· law'..when 'it. entered into several
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t � e�_� _ies vi� tn · ��Gbbs.cot. I.n� ian ··
histqry boo:ks fa{led to tell .tne .··
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Nation. · The. unit�d :s.t.ate-s con�·
,st �an�· ·: �J':ten
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true ·st'ory" of tr:te
�t�i�utio n ' exp],.ic_itlY: ;forbade. any: ..
"!e ·:�ifre .:l?'e ir;� _. � nt �q � � � . . Th_Eit .fact
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stat.�· ·from· · ¢.nte.r in g · i nto a treaty ·
is· i ··the · .christ la.l'.J,S stippdrteci t h e
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with anybody.· It's i:1maz ing. now . '. . :
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whol_�-�-� � �... s.iau�q_t�r t ilg .and . . � heft
our White brothers ask· us .to· re � ·
of .Ind�a� peopl�s .Qatur�l rights
sp�e,c_� �h� i_r ,Iaws'. wh:e.n; ';th�y refuse '
from O'rie: coastline . to the. other.
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t·cr �do so themselves.. Hip:ocrasy
A 11 "fn "the ··nanie O'f 'Christia:ni ty.
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Can ·.y0u . _ i'rqagfr:ie the creator; :of a.ll ·at i t s· :best.·.
·wnJ. te· brothers. :�oyernment
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p�O'pfe·:::a�d· ·Earth · sayin � , . u·Ye$_, .. . � '.
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t�os€:Wh6 _d66't accept Ch�ist�an�� r e st r ic t s our h untin,Q: and . fishing ...
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ity!°"·s"hou lei · ;·lje" · mas�q.cred "and the ... · '. rii;h�� · and says, � I;t. c.c.ul<l deJ?1e��
r�st ':6f. th �m sh.ail· u·ve in' ··pov'e:tt\r' the'.� wi J_ d l ife popula��on�:�'.,. M�ybe;··h
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w'i ldl1fe · depie. tion whe'.ri .they �.dam.�.·
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. Many· dhris-t'i·ari·s -:· say�- i·: "' B.ut fh.it up .the, -rive.rs. :and bufi'd p�pe r · mills
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from t hroughout the c o unt ry for
the purpose o f · dis c us s in� c ommon.
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l o v e d by t ho s e wh o r e ap t h e · pr o fit . problems in c ommun icat i ons among
Our own land and r ive r . hav�
-I nd i an pe o ple and t o plan for t h e
be c ome a vic tim o f t he s e c ircum�ene�ai improvement o f c ommuniT h e underhand e d bui1d ing · c at i ons .
st anc e s .
o f a dam 200 yar d s from our shore
line , . and treat i e s t-h at are illega l W i t h national adminis t r�t i on
from t h e first word t o t h e las t
pol i cy o f Ind i an Self-Det e rminat io�
�h e G ov e rnor o f our -P e nobs c ot
the ne c e s s ity o f mas s c ommun i c a
Nation s ays . , "We s h o ul d: not c om
t i ons improvement �mong Indian
plain s i nc e we us, e what t h e Wh it e '.
pe ople is b e c om ing inc reas ingly
brot h e r has �iven _ t o u s . "
Nobody
c rit i c al .
T h e Indian n ew spa pe rs
can d en� t h e Gove rnors �o�ds ,. bui ·
and per i od i c als are t h e c hannels
even our Governor c an ' t qeny t hat
for t h i s c ommunic ation and t h e
we have pa i d for "progre s s" with
roles o f t he i r ed itors are b e c om
our herit age , id ent it y.an d every
ing·more and more impo rt ant.
t h i ng t hat make s us Penobs c ot men ,
we· requ e s t t hat you , as t h e h e ad
women , and c hild r e n.
o f t he s pon s o ring organiz ation o f
T o tho s e who s ay t h e t rad i t i on a l
the
Ind ian i d e als are o f t he pas t and
MA INE NEWS LETT ER
infe rior t o t h e pre s ent S y s t em;
as s ure t hat ·t his publicat i on is
Our I nd i an anc e s t o rs nev e r
r e pre s e nt ed at t his v e ry important
l e t h i s bro t h e r , r e d or whit e ,
c o n fe r e nc e .
s t arve when �h e r e was ple nt y . The
P ilgrims w i l l at e s t to thatl
Our
T h e Americ an Ind i an Pres s A s s o
I ndian anc e s t o rs never c o nd emned
a man . t o f i gnt or · d i e f o r s ome th i ng c iat i on ext end s appr e c i at i on t o
you · fo r your c o operation and c on
he didn ' t · b e lieve .
Our I nd i an
anc e s t o r s· · neve-r rap e d and. p i l lage d t i nu eq int e re s t in t he improvement
o f c ommun i c at i ons .
t h e v e ry e lem e nt from wh i c h we a l l
c ome from-- -Mot h e r Eart h .
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·. I w on ' t . l ow e r mys e l f t o a
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boas t e r by c la iming t h e T rad itional
Char l e s E. T rimb l e
Indian . id ea l s are supe rior .
But
Ex e c ut iv e Dire c t or
unt i l o ur Whit e b r o t h e r s ' relige ous
and po l it ic al ins t it ut i ons show
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t h e i r p o c k e t b o ok s , I wil 1 s ay i �,,
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j u s t as e ffic i e rit . a s any s ys t em
brought ac re s � t he At l ant i c Oce an.
Unity wi 11 be our s t re ne-;th!
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YOU CAN JAI L A MAN, BUT·.· .
YOU CAN ' T · IMPR I S ON HIS S OUL
R ICHARD TOMPK I NS is an Ame r i c an
I nd ian, se lf e du c ate d , �ome th ing of
a mysti c and , a c c ord ing to many
pe op l e , an extraord inar i ly t alent e dt
art ist .
He is .. a lso a c onv i c te d k i l l e r , a
man who has spent the past f ive
years - as we l l as thre e · ye ars be
fore that - c o ope d up in a c e ll at
Ma ine State Prison , whe r e he was
c omm itte d· for l ife in 196 7 for
manslaught e r .
What k e e ps h im a l ive, he says ,
is pa int i ng , Th e 14 hours a day
t hat inmates must spe nd out of e v
e ry 24 l o c�ed up alqne he uses t o
transc end h is surround i ngs . He
turns cut c anvas afte r canvas rang
ing from _sur�eal ist�c c onc eptions
of spi r its r is ing from brick wa l ls
to c are :fu l ly d e l ine ated past ora l
sc enes d om inate d by a foreground
of prison bars.
For a l o ng time. , Tomk ins , a
st r ik ing f igure at s ix foot two ,
w i th j e t black ha ir and fine ly
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c h ise l l e d features , pa inted w i t hout
re c o�n it i on . Th en in 1970 one of
h is pa intings �on f i rst prize in a
N e w Hampsh i re art show in c ompe tit
ion w ith the work of 800 other
art ists . I t was ent e red w ithout
Tompk in ' s prev i ous · know l e dge by a
pe rson who had be�n g iven the paint
ing . S inc e th en Tompk in ' s canva��s
have d rawn favorable c omment in two
more shows . and h is work has b e c om e
inc reasingly sought aft e r , mostly
by pr ison staff and the i r· fri e nds.
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CAPTUR ING the sp i r i t of impr is
onment through art has b e c om e a
dai ly quest for Tompk ins , who d o es
most of his pa int ing with in his
e ight. by severt-foot c ell.
".I try t o proje ct the sou l o f
the ma i n body o f inmates here who
fe e l the same as I do . The re's a
lot of sou l he re, a lot o f fe e l ing.
That ' s why I pa int: not for myself
but for everybody. That has b e e n
my purpose i n l ife.
, " I n my paintings I t ry t o get at
the s�i r i t i ns i d e the prison , inside
e v e rybody. I d on ' t know· how to
say it , �t ' s a k i nd of essenc e ,
the �� i r it we a ll f e e l. There
is the c o nstant· t orment here , the
s ilenc e , the monot ony . You hear
prac t i c a l ly the same phr�ses from
everybody , the re is not h ing new .
There is nothing , rea l ly , t o in
sp ire you but the truth , the i d e as
that hang off the wal l , the sound�
they aren't be aut ifu l . · ·I l ik e
t o pa int the facts , the trut h that
peop le should se e . "
. W ith in the 330 inmate pr ison
just off U . S. One Tompk ins has e n
d e avore�to shape h is l ife around
h is pa iriiing . Pr ison offic ials
have c o ope rated t o the ext e nt of
prov id ing art mate rials and al
low ing h im t o o c casionally sub
st itute his own independent a�t
work for pr ison labor.
Tompk ins c e l l is f it t e d out
someth i ng l ike a stud io.
With in its c onfines , Tompk ins
h�s neatl� arrayed tubes of o i l ,
a pa l lete and pa int ings in var
ious stages of c ompl e t i on.- He
ut i l izes a d esk and the wa ll for
an · e ase l and in the dayt ime is ·
ab l e ·t o tak e advantage of natural
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l ight ing ·from a w i nd ow that ove r
loo.ks the pr ison yard. So that
he can pa int at night , pr ison
guards have replac e d the standard
25 wat t c ell bulb w it h a 100-watt
l ight that a llows him b e tt e r .c olqr
jiid:g ement
Usual ly h� pa ints from
lock�up t im e , in the lat e aft e r�
noon , t o curf��. 11 p.m.
" · At other t imes dur ing tbe.day,
whe n c e- lls are unlo c k e d and the re
is no required work , Tompk ins
talces his o ils and c anvas t o lar
g e r rooms 'wh e re he is ab le to st ep
back an�gain a pe rspe c t ive that
is impossible t o achieve w ithin
his ce 11. He ava ils himself of
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e ve ry pa int ing opportu:n ity
FOR TOMPKINS, l i fe began Jl
yea.r.s · ago in anonymity.· .He neye r
knew h is real parents , · ' a lthough '
fost e r parents' w ith wnom h.e grew .�
u·p· in the P i t tsf ie-ld a:rea said he
was an Ind ian.. H is features leave
little' reason·to d oubt that con
t _ e n�i�� and, (c ont on pag el2)
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EDUCATORS
An· I nd i-�n h igh sc hoo l te acher gives
his op in i on as to wh e re the . rem- ··
edy must b e app l i e d to c�re the
educ at i ona l i l ls of his pe ople .
by Lloyd E lm
It is my present c on c e rn to re
late to yoti, possibly to e ducate,
possibly to bro ade n your view, the
condit i on of th e Ind ian today . I
know th e re is a trem endous n e e d to
educate, in a l l its forms, the
young Indian pe ople . I teach bi
ology and I teach an Indian culture
c lass . We get together and talk
about th e Indian way of l ife and
I r e a lize how very important it is
for our European brothers, if th ey
are go ing to pe rpetuate themselves,
to adapt some of the Indian ways
of l iving. Just living that way
do es not mak e a person an Indian .
It goes mush beyond that, it goes
into the way that you think and
the way you treat· other pe ople
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As time went on, we began to
rea l ize, not just myse lf but many
of our Ind ian l e ade rs w ith in the
stud ent body , that it was t ime we
at l e ast try to be c ome se lf-deter
m in ing . Th is is someth ing that is
very touc hy to talk to mod e rn day
educ ato rs about b e c ause when. you
ment i on se lf- d eterm inat i on they
add separatism . The pe ople who
talk about money talk about seg
regat i on . Some pe o p l e , educators
primar i ly , are unab l e to separate
se�regat ion from separatism and
from se lf-d eterm inat i on . A nd these
are men who are �overn ing what is
taught at. Oswego, at C ortland and
at· Syrac use . One sat r ight there
and · sa id , " You c annot d raw a l ine
betwe en segregation and se paratism-··
and �- e lf-dete rm inat ion . " There was
no l in e there . Wh enever you d ev
iate from · the i r methods , then it .
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is s e gre�at ion .
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is grow
I have a fe e l ing that
ing stronger, that w ith in our
c ountry the re is a c anc e rous, sub
c onsc i ous d e c i s i on·never to · allow
the m in o r ity groups to e v e r fully
and c ompl ete ly' suc c e ed . That is
what we are c op ing with. Se lf
determinati on is a trend that is
c ontrary_ to mode rn day educat i on .
You,. as educators, are c on
fronted w ith a dilemma that has
fac ed Indian _pe ople for 400 ye ars .
The I ndian has had to c ope with a
socia l dise ase referred to as
pate rna lism . · Pate rnalism is a
c o nc ept that deve loped whe n th e
Great White Father and h is people
came ac ross the oc ean, making
· c la ims on Ind ian land without
asking the Indian . The white man
took th e Indian land and thought
the Indian to be igno rant, savage,
and unciv il ized, w ith no idea of
what it is to l ive. Immediate ly,
the Europe ans attempte d to change
th e Ind ian pe opl e .
But the v e ry same type of pate r�·
na lism exists today and th is is
part of th e d i l emma that we are
caught in. We can ta lk in terms
of paternal ism and say it'� not
ri�ht, that it does not h elp to
send VISTA volunte e rs.to the res
e rvation and have them.work with
the Indian· stude nts to.change
their attitudes and �ive them new
values, non- Indian values, · so they
will be better able to ·c ope with
l ife . We are faced with that side
of the d i lemma . How far d o we go?
Whe n do you go beyond h e lp ing?
There was one Ind ian student
who had d ropped out of a c o lle�e .
Even with a l l of the preparat ion
·and pape rwork that it tak es to get
an Ind ian stud ent into c o l lege,
this stud e nt had done noth ing for
h imse lf . The gu idanc e c ounse lors
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· d id eve rvth ing� They wrote the
letters of re c omme ndat i on , or got
other pe opl e to write them� He
was sh ipped off to c o l lege and the
money was wa iting the ra for h im ,
as was h is acad emic program. He
was to ld th is is th e pro�ram that
you w i ll fo l l ow , �nd �hese are th e
c ourses .YOU ·w i l l take.- What eff
e ct on th�t ind ividua l ' s se lf
c on c e pt , h is se lf-este em? What
e ffect d i d that have? What effe ct
d id that paterna l ism have on h is
i ntegrity , (cont. on· next page)
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�At Lafayette this year we had
a new teacher, a laay teacher, a
or feelin
that· he is going to
fine, educated individual.
But
fulfill himself? . What effect n id
she was unable to communicate
it have on his concept of self
with the Indian students because
oetermination?
That is one-half
she did not know that when you
of the dilemma.
ask an Indian student a question,
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it is this:
If you do no� offer
if he does not know the answer,
help to the Indians, do not ask
he will not try to bluff you.
He
them if they want it, what is to
is not goin� to say anything. She
happen to them? . It is very siminteroreted this behavior as ag
ple.
They are going ·to be unable
ressi�e.
It was merely behavior
to cop
with society.
that this Indian had learned in
his culture on the reservation.
So, this is the dilemma.
When
If he does not know the answer to
does sincere help turn into pat
a question he will not try to
ernalism?
When does sincere help
bluff.
He might sit there and.
changP. into somAthing that begins
smile a little bit, but he will
to destroy the inctivi�ual as he
not say anything.
That individual
attempts to go to college?
I think was stereotyped as a behavioral
that you should develop a �P.mP.dial
problem.
curriculum for all higher education
P.ducators that are going to be
At the beginning of this year
working with Indian stuctents. TAaat Lafayette we are going to have
chers· are only a p�odubt of their
a one-day workshop that is going
education.
If you look at their
to be conducted totally by Indian
education, you find that thPV have
personnel from the Onondaga Res
no idea of how a young Indian stuervation for all the teachers
dent of 13 years is going to leave
that are there, expecially the new
a reservation in the sixth grade
teachers.
We are going to have
and move into a dominant society
a workshop where we are going to
where he is in a minority. The
relate to them some of the basi�
teacher has no idea of the values
behavior patterns they will be
that are gain� to dictate his in.
confronted with that none of their
tegration.
Teachers have no idea
school books have taught them,
of the intrinsic values of the
that none of the movies they saw
Indian culture, the Indian way of
when they were taking their soclife.
As a result, how . . can we
iology course have taught them.
expect �he teacher to cope with
We might destroy a lo�. of misconand ·to educate that young Indian?
ceptions.
When I periodically get
The problems of the Indian peoto teachers colleges and try to
ple oi;
reservation at Akwesasconvey to future teac�ers some of
ne, similarly . Akron or Gowanda
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the Indian problems of today, theJ
where th� other Six Nations people
ignorance of basic Indi�n values
live, are not the Indian's problems.
amazes me.
How can a person at
The difficulties the Indian experthis time of civilization be so
ierices ar: a �ymptom of the lack
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totally i�norant, and be. s� to
of education in the educators themtally mislead about what the Inselves.
It is not the educators
dia� is today?
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How do · you keep In.dian students
the educators.· Some .teachers are
in collegeJ when we· should be
very lucky that they.have the .type
talking about how do you educate
·of pBrsonality that can communicate
the educators so that they can
with a · young Indian who is integra- 11nrt0rs
tand the �ndian val�es toting into 'his dominant society.
day?··How can you teach a teacher.
Some · are lucky, but most of them
so that she can teach an Indian
are not,
student?
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o f I ndians is put ting up now t o
k e e p t heir fe l l ow Pit Riv e r peo p l e
When you s o lv e t hat prob l e m , t his
o ff Indian land.
T h e only land ,
sympt om t hat w· e are talking about
for a l l pract ic a l purpo s e s , l e ft
wil l be s . lved.
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You might st art
t o t h e Pit Riv e r t ribe is t h e X-L
wit h your ind ivid ua l s c ho o l on t he · Ranch in Mod o c County, Ca lifo rnia .
high s c h o o l l eve l , as w e at La fay- T his 9242 a c r e s , bought by t h e
e t t e a r e going t o d o.
We are deBure au o f Indian Affairs for t h e
ve l o ping a program lik e t his work - Pit Riv e r T ribe in 1938, w a s as s
whop.
It wil l be for t h o s e t e ache rs e s s e d at ove r $550,000 in 1964.
dire c t ly inv o lv e d with Indian
It is c lo s e d t o a l l but 10 membe rs
stud e nt s .
We ' re going to t e ach ·
o f t h e Pit Riv e r H ome and Agrit hem t h e basic fundament a ls o f t h e
c u ltural Coope rative A s s o c iation
Gre at Law.
We are going to t @ll
and t h eir familie s , and t h e A s s o them c e rt ain part s o f t h e Gai
c iation is a lways re pre s e nt e d by
' waiio.
We are going t o lis t p o s one man - Errin For r e s t .
sib ly 1 5 t o 20 basic b e havior pat Forr e s t and t h e As s oc iation
t e rns t hat are born in an I ndian
c ons tit ut e t h e only o rganization
re c ogniz e d by t h e Bure au of · Indian
culture on a re s e rvation.
A f fairs ( BIA ) from t he Pit Riv e r
T his is j us t a b e ginning , but
T rib e.
T h e Pit Riv e r T riba l Counwe a r e going t o e d uc at e t h e e ducat o r s ,
I t hink t hat is whe re you cil, whic h re fus�s t o c om p ly with
st art .
t he Bur e au s pe cific ations f o r t h e
( Educ ating t h e E d u c at ors - S t .
c o ns titution b e c aus e t h e y w ou l d
Law e nc e Univ e r s it y - J u ly 12- 30,71 ) have t o give u p m o s t o f t heir pow
e r t o t h e BIA, is not r e c ogniz e d ;
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the BIA t rie s t o pret e nd t hat t he
T riba l Council d o e s . not e xis t.
A PPLE
But it c onduc t s bus in e s s wit h out
the s anc tion of t he Bur e au - and
OF T HE MONTH
has b e e n known t o run Bur e au o ffi
c ia l s out o f Pit Riv e r c ount ry ·
app l e (n ) 11 t h e f l e s hy
roun d e d
and r e d
e d ib l e pome fruit o f a
physic a l ly.
tre e
Errin Forre s t , on t h e ot h e r
o f t he ro s e family; 2: a
hand , i s t h e c h o s e n one o f t h e
fruit or o t h e r v e ge t ab l e prod u c t
BIA ' s S a c rament o A r e a O f fic e . And
i o n s uggis t iv e o f a n app l e . ( W e bs
as a reward for t hre e d e c ad e s . o f
ter ) .
lic king t he BIA ' s b o o t s , t h e A s s o
app l e ( n ) re d on t h e out s id e and
whit e on t h e ins id e , ( I ndian Voic e ) . c iation was s lat e d s om e few ye ars
ago to re�eiv e c l e ar tit l e t o t h e
X - L Ranc h, which w o u l d have barr e a
I ndian Voic e ' s firs t "A pple o f
· o t h e r Pit Riv e r Indians from i t
t h e Mont h " honors go t o a m�n who
foreve r; a t t h e pre s e nt t h e y are
has fought for t he hon o r for s ev
e ra l y e ars .
T h o s e who have p laye d e ffe c tive ly barr e d from it
uno f ficia l ly .
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b o o t lic k e y and aid e t o t h e whit e
T h e Bur e au and t h e A s s o c iation
po liticians fo r ye ars are bein�
have the pow e r t o bar ot h e r Pit
expo s e d , and we are ple as e d t o
Riv e r Indians from X-L Ran c h b e
t e l l you about one in · our won
c aus e t h e t e rms o f t he t it l e s ta
mid s t . ( T his fe ature . wi l l run
t e d that it was t o b e t ak e n " in
r e gu l ar l y in Indian Voic e. )
E rrin Forr e s t w e l l d e s e rv e s t h e t ru s t f o r s u c h bands o f Pit Rive r
Indians o f t h e S tat e o f C a lifornia
h ono r o f fir s t A p p l e o f t h e Mont h.
For years h e has s t o od on t h e sid e as s ha l l be d e s ignat e d by t h e S e c
o f whit e s who u s e d his own p e o pl e , r e tary o f t h e Int e rior . " T h e l o c a)
and has us e d his own p e o p l e as we l l repr e s e nt at ive o f t he Secretary,
t h e S acrament o A r e a O ffic e o f t h e
t o �ain his own e nd s .
One e xam p l e . o f t his i s t he fight Bureau o f Indian Affa i rs , has us e d
Forr e s t and his c lo s e d c orp ora t i o n ( Cont, o n page 10 )
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cont . )
T h i s hu�e p e r c e nt age o f the bud
g e t w ent. 't o a re- s e rvat i o n wh i c h
t h i s d i s cret ionary p ow e r t o r e
c ompri s e s l e s s than 2 % o f t h e In
ward i t s b o o t l i c ke rs , and a t t he
d ian land iri 't h e s tat e , · but · wh i c h
re que s t · o f t h e A s s o c i at i on was
i s a l l t h e land l e ft t o t h e P it
pre par ing two y e ars ago to g iv e
R iv e r t r ib e , w it h t he e x c e pt i on
cle�r t it l e t o t h e· Ran c h t o t h e
o f t hre e sma l l ranc h e r ias c om
A s s o c iat i on .
·pr i s ing l e s s t han 500 a c r e s .
T h en t h e Pit Riv e r T r ibal C oun
Err in Fo rre s t w o u l d l ike t o b e
c i l , in a s � s s i on at t e nd e d by m o s t
t h e b e ne f i c iary o f t h e Ranc h ,
o f t h e t r i b e , inc luding som e mem-·
t hrough t h e B IA , and t h e B IA w o u l d
b ers o f t he A s s o c i ation , d e c i d e d
l i ke t o s e e the c l e ar t itle t o t h e
t o re c l aim m o s t o f t h� 3 . 3 86 mi l
Ranch go t o t he A s s o c iat i on ( For
l i on acre s wh i c h t he Indian C la ims
re s t ) , for s e rv i c e s rend e red .
C omm i s sion has a c know l e dged w e re
Forre s t was a lmo s t s uc c e s s fu l
t aken i l l e ga l ly from t h e t r i be ,
i n hav ing t i t l e t o X - L turne d
The
�Ve r t o t h e A s s o c i at i on .
( Mu c h of t his land i s now h e l d by
h e arings on t h e mat t e r we re t o b e
the Fed era l G overnm ent -t h e Bureau
c l o s e d , s o t h e T r ib a l C o unc i l
o f L�nd Management , · and t h e Bure au
brought an in j unc t i on t hrough
o f · Parks . ) A t t h e s ame tim e , in
C a liforn i a Ind i an Le ga l Serv i c e s
addit i on t o o c c u py ing l and s h e l d
to forc e an open h e aring. When
n o w b y t h e Pac i fic G a s and E l e c t r ic
the C ourt rule d t hat any h e ar ing
C ompany , t h e Tr i b e had anot h e r
a c tion o n i t s harids �try i ng t o pre
w o u ld re qu ire 9 0 days notic e t o
t h e part i e s c dnc e rne d , t h � BIA
v e nt the i l l e ga l pas s ing o f t h e
X - L Ran c h int o the hand s o f a pr iv s �ught t o s e t t l e t h e mat t er in
s t e ad through C ong�e s s , by hav
i l ege d f e w wh o c o o pe rat e w it h. t h e
ing a law pas s e d wh irih wouid have
B IA .
bypas s e d t h e h e ar ing. Onc e aga in
F o rre s t has a pa i d j ob f o r t h e
t h e C o unc i l members w e r e forc e d
s t at e ; h e i s t h e l e g i s lat ive a id
t o g o t o Wash ingt on t o ·t e s t i fy ,
t o Pau l ine Dav i s , .one o f t h e m o s t
and t h e bi l l w�s t empo�ar i ly
Re aganesque members o f t h e A s s em
k i l led .
b ly .
S h e and Forr e s t , a long w it h
But Fo rre s t i s s t i l l t ry ing� H e
o t h e r membe rs o f t h e C a lifo'rn ia
As s e m b ly , hat c h e d .a ·s c h eme und e r
h a s fr i ends in S a c rame nt o and
Was h ingt on , and is b ig · in't h e In
whic h t h e y w o u l d· be e nr i c h e d , a s
t e rt riba l C ounc i l of C a l i f o rn ia;
w e l l a s c e rt ain memb e rs o f t h e A
he was t h e l ong- t ime v i c e -pre s i
s s o c i ation .
T h e p lans w o u l d have
d ent t hrough a s uc c e s s i on o f
a l l ow e d re s o rt · c abins to have be e n
bu ilt o n t he X - L'·Ran c h , us ing 's t at e , pre s id ents , £ew o f whom w e r e not .
in o f f i c e l ong e n ough t o kno� t h e
mon i e s , for t h e · us e o f Dav i s and·
rope s .
o t h e r h igh powe r wh i t e po l it ieians ,
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on t h e s ho r e s df a l ake t o b e bu i lt
ple of t he m o d e rn-day app l e , s e l l
by the As s ori i at i on .
ing o ut h i s p e o p l e t o make a f�s t
T h e B IA graht e d $8 0 , 0 0 0 t o t h e
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buc k , and for po l� t i c a l pro f it ._ ·
A s s o c i a t i on f o r a " fe as i b i l i t y .
.
s tudy "· . o·f th e pro pos-ed pro j e ct �
( INDIAN V O IC E Feb 72 Vo l 2 N o -1 ).
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$JO , 0 0 0 · f o r i rr igati.on pro j e c t s · o · n
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t h e s ame y e a r , 197 0 , and · a l l t h i s
M I S S I ONA R IES
amount w.e ·n t t o X- L Ranc h , de s p i t e
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l o c at ed in 19 7 0 for road �udg e t s
C hr i s t i an it y , d o e s not prov ide
for C a lifornia reserva-t;jons , $146 , . the understanding with wh i c h s o
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ours e lv e s .
I nd ians know t hat pe o p l e d i e .
T h e y ac c e pt d e ath as a fac t o f
l i fe � · Rat h � r t han bu i l� a s e r
i e s o f log i c a l s y l l o g i sms that
r e a s o n away gr i e f , I nd ian p e o p l e
have a c e remony o f mourn ing by
wh i c h gr i e f c an pro pe r ly be e x - .
pre s s e d .
D e pend ing on � h e t r i ba l
t rad it i ons , �r i e f i s u s ua l ly ac
c ompan i e d by s pe c i f i c ac t s o f
mourn ing , wh i c h i s t he n e nd e d by
. giv ing a f e a s t for t h e c ommun ity .
s ens e .
N o r d o e s i t prov i d e any
me ans · by wh i c h t h e l i f e o f t h e in�
d iv i d u a l has value � · C hr i s t i an ity
f i ght s unr e a l c r i s e s w h i c h it e re - ·
at e s by i t s fas c i nat i o n w ith i t s
own ab st ract i o ns .
I reme�b e r go ing t o an Ind ian
home s ho rt ly a ft e r t h e d e at h o f a
c h i ld .
T h e r e was a R oman . C ath6l i c
pri e s t admon i s h ing t h e mot h e r n o t
t o c ry b e c aus e t h e c h i ld w a s now
with Je sus .
A ut omat i c a l ly , he in
. s i s t e d , be c aus e i t had b ee n bap
( C UST E R D I ED FOR YOU R S IN S
t i � e d ·.
Gr i e f , he d e c la�ed , was
V in e D e l o r ia , Jr . )
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unnat ura l to man eve r s inc e J e s us
d i e d o n t h e c ro s s .
H e w e nt on t o
t �l l h o w G o d h a d d e c id e d on a ��e�t
I n a few d ays -maybe t omorrow
m i s s i o n for t h e c h i ld and had c a l
Ma ine re s i d e nt s w i l l be s e arc h in g
l e d i t h ome t o H im and t hat t h e
t h e boggy c ount rys i d e in t h e h o p e
moth e r � o u ld · s e e t he hand o f G o d in o f p i c k i ng a " me s s o f f i d d l e h e ad s .
the c h i ld ' s d e at h and ne e dn ' t won
T h e s pr i ng pas t ime o f_ gat he r i ng
.d e r ab out it s c ou·s e ·.
f i d d l eh e ad gre e ns go e s bac k t o t h s
I n fac t , t he moth e r had not won
days o f t he I nd ians .
d e re d about the r e as o n for the
The f i d d l e h e ad ls a gre e n na
c h i ld ' s d e at h .
H e r c h i ld had fa l
t ive to the S t at e of M a i n e and t h e
l e n from a s e c ond- s t o ry w in d ow and
/ t lant i c Prov inc e o f N e w Bru n s
s u f fe r e d int e r n a l in j u � i e s .
It h ad w i ck and t hr iv e s · t h e mom e nt t he
l inge r e d s ev e ra l days w i t h a numbe r warm s pr ing sun warms t h e e art h
o f ru pt ure d o rgans and had eventi n t h e r i ch bot t omland s .
ua l ly and m e rc i fu l ly d i e d .
St i�k i ng i t s t iny c u r l e d h e ad
.
I c o u ld n e ve r be l i e ve t hat t h e
above t h e w int e r k i l le d brown
pr i e s t w a s c om fo rt ing t h e mot h e r .
v e g e t at i o n s igna l s t h e s tart o f
It s e em e d rat h e r t hat h e was t ry i ng anothe r s e as o n as d e ar t o s ome a s
frant i c a l ly t o r e inforc e what had
t h e t rout open ing t o f i sh e rman .
b e e n t aught t o h im in s em inary ,
For it i s t h e n when a c e rt a i n har
dy few v e nture forth int o t h e fe r
d o c t r i n e s t hat now s e em e d sh ak en
t i'l e � o ft e n E lm s had ed g l ad e s
t o t h e i r ro ot s .
T h e who l e s c e n e
w a s fr i ght e n ing i n i t s abs t rac� .
. wh e re s pawn t h e growt h o f t h e
f i d d l e he ad .
c rue l t y . ' I fe lt s orr i e r f o r t n e
T h e f i d d l e h e ad a c t ua l ly n e e d s
pr i e s t t han for t h e moth er .
His
no e i planat i o n o f it s name s in e �
obv i ous d i s be l i e f i n what h e was ·
it d o e s l o o k e xac t ly l ik e a h e ad
t e l l ing h e r and h i s inab i l it y t o
But t o t ho s e who
o f a v i o l in .
fac e d e at h i n i t s b it t e r e s t mome nt
·
have nev e r ac tua l ly s e en a f i d d l e
mad e h im t h e t ra g i c £ i gure .
h e ad t h e r e i s o ft e n c on fus i on w i � �
T hat i s why I be l i eve t h at I n
d i an re l ig i on w i l l be t h e s a lvat i o� o t h e r non� e d i b l e fe rns .
· T h e und e s i rab l e fe rri� have a
o f t h e Ind i an p e o p l e .
I n I nd i an ·
c harac t e ri s t i c po i s e d s nak e appea
re l ig i ons , re gard l e s s o f t he t r i b e
ran q e and are i n many · p l a c e s. r e
d e at h i s a nat ural o c c u rrenc e and . ·
fe rre d t o a s " s nak e brak e s " .
n o t a s pe c i a l pun i s hm e nt from . an
F i d d l e h e ad s �row a lmo s t l ik e
arb i t rary ' G o d .
Ind i an p e ppie · d o
mag i c as t n e y " appear ove rn i ght
not t ry t b r e a s o n t h �rns e l� � s out .
a ft er b e ing c oaxe d by t he f i r s t
o f t h e i r gr i e f .
N o r d o t h e y t ry
warm s·un o f s pr ing .
T h e t ot. a l
t o mak e a natural but sad event an
p i 6k ing ·s e a s on i s about two w e e k s . ·
o cc a s i o n fo� · prob ing t h e rat i on a l e
( Co nt � o n page 14 )
o f what e v e r r e a l i t y e x i s t s b e yond ·
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( Y OU
S OU L c ont . from p�ge 2 ) · ·
c o l o rs , t hat he had an inne r
k n ow � e dge , an uncanny know l ed ge o f
w i t h a m ixture o f s ham e and pr i d e , way� o f pre s e nt ing h i s c ompos i t i on
T ompk i ns has ac c e pt e d h i s Ind ian
a:·n d s ub j e c t..
T hat was my im
h e r i t age and nev� r i nqu i r e d of h i s pre s s i o n and t hat is why I vot e d
r e a l par e nt s .
T o t h i s d a� h i
:
f"o r t hat - pa i nt i ng as t h e w i nn e r . "
d o e s n ' t · c are t o e x p l o r e h i s · fam i ly
T h e fo l l ow i ng y e ar T ompk ins e n
·
h i s t ory .
t e r e d an annua l e x h i b i t s po ns o r e d
" I t ' s u nk nown and I ' d rat her
b y the Farnswort h Mus e um i n Ro c k
hav e i t s tay t hat way , · be c aus e
�and .
A lt hough h e r e c e iv e d no
t hat ' s h ow i t i s w i t h me . · T od ay
award s , h i s w o rk d rew c ons i d e rable
i f I want t o I c an b e an A pa c h e
c omme nt .
T ompk ins has e nt e re d t he
a n d t om o rrow I c ari b e a C h e rok e e . "
Farnswort h Mus e um ' s ope n s how aga in
T yp i c a l o f fo s t e r c h i l dr e n
t h i s y e ar .
through out Ma i n e , T ompk i ns l iv e d
S u c c e s s in re c e nt ye ars , c oup led
I n w i t h awar e ne s s of h i s own art i s t i c
w it h a s u c c e s s i o n o f fam i l i e s .
P it t s f i e l d s c h o o l s h e w a s t h e o n ly d eve l o pm e nt , h a s g ive n T ompk ins
I nd ian c h i ld .
s ome t h i ng of a ne·w gras p o n l i fe .
" I ·a lways k new · I · was an out s i d e r H e i s d e f i n i ng t h e pr i s on e xper- ·
.
I w a s c a l l e d ' I nd ian ' and l o t s o f
i e nc e , t ry i ng , a s h e s ays , " t o
nam e s
! was l o s t· wnen I w a s a
pro j e c t t h e s ou l o f t h e ma i n body
I jus t knew I was n o t i n
c h i ld .
of inmat e s h e r e . "
a c c ord W i th t h� re � t · o f t h e pe o p l e . · A nd h e i s l �ok i ng t o the fut ure .
And wh e n t he y 6 a l le d "m e name s I
I am
" I am go i ng t o get o ut .
wou l d a t t a c k
.YOU had t o pro t e c t
go i n g t o have a s e c ond c hanc e .
yours S l f � but ' a ft e r a n argum e nt
R ight now t h e fac t or . i s wa i t i ng .
o � a f i ght � as ways .fe l t bad b e
Two more ye ars .
T h e n I c a n s tart
c au s e i t r e a l ly was n ' t i n m e t o
pa i nt i ng my own id e as , arranging
hurt p e o p le · . "
my way o"ut s-i d e and p i c k i ng my
Pre j ud ic e , or at l e a s t s e nt i
s c e ne s from nature . "
m e nt s T ompk i ns i nt e rpre t ed a s
( Ma i ne Su.n day T e legram 4/9/72 )
pre j ud i c e � · s e e�e d t o f ly from a l l
quart e rs � ev e n �rom t h o s e c la im
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ing to b e · fr i e n.d s ·.
· " I ' v e n e v e r b e e n t o a h ou s e
WHY MU D I ED
whe re s om e re la .t i o n d id n ' t c la im
-he was p·art Ind i an . Any f�m i ly
Have we re a l ly learne d how t o
I ' d wa ik "int o wo u ld have a, · gre at
c ontra � N ature ? . O r have w e s imply ,
grand fath e r from s om ·e t r i b e o r
o t h e r . · You · k riciw d am n·· w e 11 i t i s n • t wh i s t l in� in the dark , l e arn e d · how�
t o l ive w i t h the know l e d �e that
so .
I d on ' t k now. i f i t ' s · gu i lt
o n e re a l ly . powe rfu l hurr icane ,
t hat mak e s . t hem s ay t h e s e t h i ngs .
whe t n e r i t s name be Mab l e or C am�
I d O'n ' t know wh?.t i t i s � .
i l l e , can d o irre parable dama�e t o
our s pac e age inst a l lat i ons at C ape
F o r T ompk in s , l i fe . t o ok on a
K en n � d y , ' and one fa i r- t o-midd l in �
n ew d im e n s i o n fn t h e s umme r . o f
.
e arthqua� e in C a l i forn ia c�n not
197 0 w h e n h is · pa i n t ing w o n f i rs t
pr i z e i n t h e N·ew Hamps h ir e e xh i b i t . o n'iy t re b l e the damage d qne to S an ·
Fr�nc i s c o in t h i s c e ntury . but · a1s·o
A j udge . a t t h e s h?� • GE? arge S c o t"t
br ing d i sast.e r �d d e ath t.o unt o ld
o f Roche s t e r , N . H' . · , . r e c a l l e d t h e
m i l l i ons .
paint i hg� a p ci rt �a it o f . a c h i ld
Ye s , we are . beg inn �n� ·t o reach·
eme rg i ng · from · d arkri� s s � .
. o f t h e h ead wa$
for the s t ars -but d o we know our- : ·
" The anat omy ·
s e lve s ? we · are . on ly now b e � i nn in �
n e arly perfe c- t · . and · it l o o k e d s o
t o red i s c ov e r t h e pot ent ial it i e s
natura l i t s e em e d t 6 'b e a l i v e . I
o f t h e m ind , and : t o prob� ph � n om- .
was h igh ly impr e s s e d and I. " c ou ld .
e na
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Van D yk e and h i s w i fe , Mar
j or i e , burrow for va luab l e Ind ian
art i fac t s l ik e pot t e ry , ax e s and
t o o l s on t h e i r C ave c re e k , A r i z . ,
pr_o pe rty .
. " Mar j o r i e and I ha�e dug up
s ome wonde rfu l art i fac t sr and s e nt
t hem t o t h e U n ive rs i t y. .- o f C a l i fo rn ia at B e rk e l e y and t h e y s a i d . t h e y
are about 1 , 0 0 0 ye ars o ld , " D i ck
t o ld the EN QU I RER .
" W e ' ve found a: vo l c an i c s t one
t h e I nd ian s u s e d t o gr ind m e a l
t hat ' s c a l l e d a Mat at e .
W e found
a Mano , t h e i nst rum ent u s e d by
t h e I nd ians t o gr ind t h e m e a l
aga i n s t t he vo l c an i c s t on e .
" W e ' ve d i s c ov e r e d p e t r oglyphs
( e n�rav ings o n s t on e ) and s ome
b e aut i fu l art work o n b ou l d e rs .
T h e s e are s o b ig we c an ' t move
t hem , but we know whe re t h ey are .
"We ' ve une art he d a H oHoK an p it
hous e .
I t was d on e by an e xt i n c t
A r i z ona t r i b e .
T h ey dug about 5
fe e t d own , mad e a s t o n e s t ru c t ur e ,
and t h e n put an ima l sk ins ove r i t .
W e f i �re t h e Ind i an s . l ive d t h e re
at t im e s b e c aus e i t was c o o le r
t han l iv in g o n t op o f t h e ground .
� w e found one pit hous e t hat
hadn ' t be e n t ou c h e d for a t hou s and
ye ars
and i t ' s on our ran ci h .
" N ow w e ' re t ry in g t o e xc avat e
it , v e ry c are fu l ly .
"Mar j or i e and I are an arc h e o lo g i c a .l t e am .
W e d ig dur i ng m y fre e
t im e and eve ry w e e k e nd . : Whe n I
ge t a vac at i o n w e ' re go ing t o s pena
i t d igp:ing and h ik in g . "
d ism i s s e d for . g e n erat i on s as impos s ib l e b e c au s e t h e y c ou l d ne i t h e r
be m e as u r e d n o r we L�h.� d n o r examine d by our l im�t e d t o o ls .
We have
for c e nt ur i e s -rtq � fo r- m i l l e nn iaignor e d what w e ' v e t e rm e d t h e
immat e r ia l and t h e intan g i b l e , t o
the e x t e nt t hat w e are no b e t t e r ,
from the s tand po int of our p s yc h i c
d eve l o pm e nt , t han t h e mob , t he
C hr i s t ian m o b i n c i d e nt a l ly , wh i c h
murd e r e d t h e
e a- P lat on i s t ph i lo s o ph e r and mat h emat i c ian Hypat i a
in 4 1 5 A . D .
K n ownot � ing i s m is not
an e x c lus i v e ly Ame r i c an phe n om e0on
W it � t h i s i n m i nd w e mus t
re c ogn i z e t h e pro bab i l i t y t hat t he
pr i e s t - s c i e nt i s � s of Mu d i d aDt i c ipat e - and a l s o pred i c t e d-what
eve ntua l ly · h �ppe n e d , but w it h n o
more s uc c e s s t h.a n o t h e r proph e t s
of gl o om have e n c ount e r e d t hroughout t h e .h is t o ry o f man .
Be t hi s
as i t may , · · w e k n ow t o d ay , or at
l e a s t w·e ·b e l i ev e we k now , how Mu
d i e d , _ und e rm in e d by v o l c an i c gas e s .
Gran it e , ' t he pr imary rock in th e'
format i o"n · o f "t h e e arth ' s c rust ,
appe ars t o have b e �n h on e yc ombed
w i t h huge c h am b e rs and c av i t i e s ·
fi l l e d w it h h i gh ly e x p l o s ive vo l- _ _
can i c gas e s .
W h e n t h e s e c hambers ·
w e r e empt i e d o f t h e i r gas e s t h e
support ing - roo fs c aved i n , and t h�
subm e rs i on o f t h e land above fo l low e d·.. C hurc hward wro t e · t hat h i s
inve s t i gat i ons prove d t hat t h e
c a l am it y wn i c h o v e rt o ok t h i s early
c iv i l i z at i on was due t o t h e emptying- � f - i s e r i e s of i s o lat e d uppe r . ( N at i ona l Enqu i r e � . Apr i l 9 , 1972 ) .
gas c hainbers· t hat w e r·e u ph o ld ing * * * * * * * * * * .� * * * * * *
t h e l ana ; · · and wh i c h . .w e re probably
c onne c t" e d w1t"h · e ac h o t h e r by c rac�s
IND IAN
and f i s ·sure· s .
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( F i d d l e h e ad s
c o nt . )
adve rt i s i ng age nc y .
But a d e s i r e
t o w o rk for h e r p e o p l e b e c am e more
A way
A ft e r t hat the f e rn s are too l arg e i nt e ns e as s h e grew o ld e r .
and have l o s t t h e i r t e nq e rn e s s .
to h e l p pr e s e nt ed i t s e l f wh e n on
B e s t d e s c r i b e d as t a s t i n g m o s t
N ov . 9 , 1 96 9 , A lc a t raz I s l and was
l i k e v e ry t e nd � r s p i n i c h , f i d d l e t ak e n ove r by I nd ians .
W ithin a
h e a d s have b e e n a t rad i t i o nal me a l month aft e r t h e i s l and was t ak e n
w i t h Ma inac s e v e r s i n c e t h e I nd i ans ove r , Grac e T h o r p e w a s t h e re unt i l
t aught t h e wh it e man about t h e t a s - t h e e nd .
t y c u r l e d vege t a b l e .
O ft e n t h e d e I "D IAN PROBLEMS N OT ED
l i c i ou s gre e n i s gra c e d by t h e
T h e A l c atraz i n c id e nt ga i n e d
Bo i l ing i s a l- t h e Ind ian pe o p l e n o t h ing o f
ad d i t i on o f t rout .
s o t h e ac c e pt e d w a y o f c o ok i ng t he mat e r ia l va l u e , M i s s T ho rpe po int s
f i d d l e h e ad and when you c omb i � e
out , but it c le ar ly s how e d t h e
t h e p ink m e at o f a lemon f lavo r e d
p e o p l e o f Am e r i c a what s ome o f t h e
t rout a n d t he e xqu i s i t e t as t e o f
pr o b l ems o f t h e I nd ians w e re .
f i d d l e h e ad s , grac e d w i t h butt e r ,
T h e ma j o r pro b l em , s h e fe e ls ,
s a lt and pe pp e r , o n e l e arns why
· i s t hat o f land .
In h e r s pe e c h at
p e o p l e k e e p t he i r favo r i t e f i d d l e - t h e Unive rs i t y , s h e n o t e d that
he ad ground s a s e c re t .
I nd ians have b e e n on t h e N orth
Ame r i c an c o nt i n e nt for 3 0 , 0 0 0
( Bangor D a i ly N e ws , S at . - S un . A pr . 7 2 ) ye ars .
U p unt i l 3 0 0 ye ars · ago ;
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DAU GHTER OF ATH LET IC G R EAT
N o w o n ly t w o pe r c e nt
Am e r i c an ,
FI GHT IN G FOR IN D IAN C A US E
rema i n s i n Ind i an hand s , and ha l f
o f t hat i s d e s e rt and wa s t e land .
IND IAN I S LAN D - On T u e s day Grac e
Po i nt i ng out t hat o n e t h i rd
T horpe , a S aaU- fox I nd i an , l e ft t h e o f t h e nat i o n ' s land i s own e d by
S e nat e O f f i c e Bu i ld i ng in Was h i ng- t h e fe d e ra l gove rnm e nt .
i s s T h o rpe
t o n , D . C . , a ft e r t e s t i fy i ng be fore s a i d c urre nt ly $6 . 8 b i l l i on d o l lars
t h e S e nat e A ppr o pr i at i o n s C omm it t e e w o rth o f fe d e ra l land and bu i ld ings
T h at s ame n i ght s h e was on t h e ·
are c on s i d e re d s urplus and are up
Eve n d i s re gard i ng s om e
s t age at t he U n ive r s i t y o f Ma i n e
for grabs .
at O r o n o s pe ak i ng o n h e r w ork i n
anc i e nt t reat i e s w it h I nd ian nat i ons
t h e N e w I nd ian M oveme nt .
wh i c h s p e c i fy t hat form e r I nd i an
T OURS I S LAND
land w i l l reve rt to the t r ibe s i f
S h e t oure d I nd ian I s land br i e fly t h e �ove rnment has a mora l o b l ig
T u e s d ay , and a�a i n W e d n e s d ay , beat i on to g ive Ind ians a c hanc e t o
f o r e board i ng a p la n e fo r A ur o ra , ' b i d o n t h e land .
N . Y . t o s pe ak aga i n h e r t op i c at
ORGAN I Z ES IND IAN GROUPS
T o t h e s e e nd s s h e has work e d
t h e U n iv e rs i t y d e a l t w i t h t h e pas t
and future o f t h e Amer i c an I nd i an , o r�an i z ing I nd i an groups , and lo bby
a nd h e r i nvo lvement i n the movement i ng i n W as h ingt on f o r fe d e ra l l o ans
T h e d aught e r o f J im T h o rp e , t h e to h e l p t h e groups purchas e t h e s e
" C ar l i s l e I nd i an " who s e name i s
T he re have b e e n- s ev e ra l
land s .
A n Ind i an�
s t i l l rememb e r e d i n s po rt s c ir c l e s s u c c e s s e s t o d at e .
as t n e great e s t at h l e t e o f t h e 2 0t h C h i c an o U n i v e r s i t y has be e n e s t abl i s he d i n a f o rm e r c ommun i q at i on s
C e nt ury , Gra c e T h orpe has l iv e d
c e nt e r i n D av i s , C al i f . Urban
h e r l i fe i n t w o w o r ld s .
Of her
I nd i an s i n S e at t l e , Wash . re c e nt ly
pas t , howeve r , s h e · s ay s t hat i t
A
g o t 1 7 ac r e s at Ft . Lawt o n .
was o ft e n a c as e o f not b e i n g
J o b C o rps C e n t e r h a s b � e n t urn : d
a c c e pt e d qy e i t h e r . I nd i an s o r
o v e r : · t o W inttin · Ind i an s i n - R e d d i ng ,
Wh i t e s . ·
C a l i f . · fo r a t ra i n i n g c e n t e r and
S h e w o rk e d i n N e w Y o rk a s a
much-ne e d e d hous i ng and anot h e r
s a l e s w om an for t h e T e l e ph o n e C o . ,
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s o ld r e a l e s t at e and w o rk e d i n an
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we w i l l hav e the int ang i b l e
Jpb · C o rps b e nt e r i n R o nan , . Mont . ..
urilty wh i c h h a s carr i e d us t hrhave . be e-n t urne d · ove r t o t h'e S a l i s h · · oug� four c e nt ur i e s of pers e cu
Koot e n a i t r i ba i c o unc i l t o � ra i n
t i on �
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Ind i an f o r e s t f.� � e ; n·g ht irig . c r ews .
- by o u r human ity - n o t a pre s s ure
. . A-not h e r ma J o r c on c e rn - i s · t h e
grciup un i f i e d for c onque s t And ·
o f f-r e s e r�at i�n I nd i an .
Of; the
from our gre at e r s t r e n gt h we
S r· C (\0:0 0 · I nqians i n· t h e c ount ry ·
" s ha l l wear d own the wh it e �an
( the s ame hilln be r as w h e n t h e Wh i t e
and . nna. l ly OU t last h im
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rn am f i r s t c am e t o Ame r i c a ) , more ·
s h a l l e ndure .
than 6 0 p e r c ent l iye Q f f t he· r e s·-e rvat i o n ." But i n s om e s t at e s - t h€· :
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perc ent age o f o f f...: r e s e rvat i o n . ...... '-·
Ind i an s run s h i ghe r , s he s a i d � ·
c it ing C a l i forn �� w i t h 9 2. p e r c e nt ,
FRANK . LOR I N G BU I LD IN G . · FUND
as an e xamp l e .
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Many of h e r o_rgan i z ing e f fort s
T h e · c omm itt e e · f o r t h e Frank
have be en d i re c t e d t o p:e t t i ng the
Lor ing. Bu i ld ing Fund c o ns i s t s o f 1 ·
Bureau 6 f I nd i an A ffa i rs t o e· l hn i nRev . R i c hard Rok o s -C ha i rman
a� e i t s " on or near t h e re s e rvat i on "
W i l fr e d P e hrs o n-T r � a s u r e r
ru le s o t hat t he pr ograms . t hat are
V i c t o r i a Wh it e -S e c ret ary
offe re d t o :i e s � rvat i o n · I rid i an s can
L i one l T ay l o r , Jr ,
be pro v i d e d ·f o r a l l I nd ians .
JO's i e N e pt .une
PROM PT S T ES T IM ON Y
Eve lyn S a p i e l
I n fac t , it was t h i s d e s ire
Don'a t i ons go· d i r e c t ly int o the
that prompt e d her t o . t e s t i fy · be Frank Lor ing Bu i ld ing Fund at
N ort heast · Bank & T ru s t C o . ( S av i ngs
fo re t h e appro pr i at i ons c omm i t t e e ,
ac 6 6 tint ) , O ld T own , · Ma in e . · ·
She had gone �o Was h i ngt p n to d is T h.e _ C oIT1m i t t e e w i l l · a ppe a l
cuss t h e s urplus lan d $ s.i t uat i o n ·
t hr9ugh neYfs papers , ( Bangor Da i ly
with p e o p l e · from t h e' '. Bur e au . o f
N ews , . Penoos c ot . T ime s , . C hurch
Ind i an A f fa irs � : T h e y w e r e . ., not · i rt ·
W orl4 and · sh�ppe rs · Gu i d � ) , t e l e - ,
the i r o f f i b e , - �bwe ve r , - a� _ t h e y
we re t e s t i fy i�g · be fci r e th e ·c omril it t �· e . v i s i o n and rad i o .
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. T _he Frank . Lc;:>_r ing fam i ly c orit e s t irno ny ,- and .was _s o . �ppa l·l e d: . a'.:t
s i s t s of ·rn o.t h e r , fat h e r and · five .
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c h i ld re·n .
T hr e e o f t he c h i ld r e n
the i r - lack o f conc e rn · f o r o ·:rf..:. '
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re s e rvat i o n I nc Uans , . s h e imme d i at e ly a r e l iv ine; w it h R e v . D own e s ' · a
·. neth e r. w i t h . Ev : rett L o r i n:g and
mad e a r e q1-te s t t o . s pe ak h e r s e l f
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s T h o rpe s a i d s h e adm i r e d · the ,,
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" gut s · and : · s p i r i t" . o -f the pe o p l e· i n '
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b e s e nt t o var i ous - o rgan i z at i oria . : , . ·
tryi n� · t 6 im�ro�e t he i r - i s land · · ·
S o l i c i t i n g wi l l a l s o be . � ci n e .
c ommunity � S h e add �d - t h e . · p e o p l e ·_
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t hrough ts l e ph o n e ca l l s . � - � .
should � rj t o improve � h e e c ohom i c
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be d .e t.e rm rn_e d b y t h e . amou11t . a �. · . . .. .
i ndustry , · ·a nd s a id · t he n e e d f o r
d o n·at i ons c.o l l e c t e d . · A ll w_� rk _ · · . : housing o n t h e i s land was- .gre at �
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c i e ty i n t h e mark.e t p lac. e .pro j e c "t t h rough t o t h e e n d .
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L I FE AND T RA D IT I ON S
O F THE R EDMAN
T h e t h i ngs you w i l l s e e you
w i l l n e v e r forge t .
T h e t im e s ure
ly has n ow c ome , and o n ly a few
m o re words t h e n a l l s h a l l be d one .
Fo r f e a r t h e pe o p l e may d oubt my
w o rk s , i t w i l l b e n e c e s s ary for
you to s how t hem the pow e r you get
t h i s n i gh t , so wh e n you hav e c ome
d own from t h e air e ac h on e o f you
s ha l l go to your home , and on the
m o rrow w h e n t h e . s u n i s h i gh e s t you
s ha l l all me e t o n a h i gh ground
and t h e r e bu i ld a hou s e t h e en
t ranc e of wh i c h s ha l l be l o w , s o
t hat you c re e p l ik e t h e bab e in
e nt e r ing i t ; but the t op s ha l l be
mad e ope n .
T h e hous e s ha l l be l o w
but v e ry s t rong .
S e ven d ays you
s ha l l be i n bu i ld ing it , and on
the s ev e nt h d ay at noon a l l of you
sha l l e nt e r and c l os e t h e d o or s o
t hat n o oth e r s ha l l e nt e r w i t h you .
A ft e r t h i s i s d o n e , one o f you , h e
t hat e nt e r e d f i r s t s ha l l s ing , and
in h i s s i n g in g s ha l l c a l l t h e s p i
re t o f e v e ry l i v i n g t h in g , and the
d i ffere nt s p i r i t s w i l l c om e to t h e
call .
A n d a ft e r y o u have t a lk e d
w i t h t h em t h ey s ha l l a l l d e part ,
and you s ha l l t h e n c ome out o f t h e
h o u s e a n d t ak e i t a l l apart s o it
s ha l l not s t and t he r e to be put t o
o t h e r us e . A ft e r y o u have gone
t hrough a l l t h i s , you shall�th en�
hav e d on e your part and s h a l l �o
home· to s t ay
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A n d when t h e noon c ame , the
seven d id me e t on a h i �h ground as
c omma n d e d by N o- c h i - gar�n e h , and
d i d bu i ld t h e hous e as they had
be e n d i r e cte d s and whe n it was
bu i lt and ready t o ' be e ntered , a l l
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t h e pe o p l e came t o w i t n e s s t h e
c a l l i ng o f th e · s p ir it s ; many c am e
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from a far o f f , s o t hat . a very lar
ge crowd o f pe o p l e surround ed the
h ouse , but· none were a l l ow ed to
e nt er w ith the s p ir i t ua l m e n . A nd
a fter c lo s i ng t h e d o or , and wh e n
th e s i ng i ng b e gun , the h ouse sho ok ,
and wh en a s p i r i t arr ived .the who l e
p e o pl e c ou l d h e ar i t s arr i va l be
c au s e it s ho ok the h ou s e v i o l e nt ly �
and t h e p e o p l e d i d h e ar a l i wh at
t h e s p i r i t s s a i d t o t h e m e n in
t h e hous e , but c ou ld s e e not h i ng
c om e n o r a n yth i n g d e part . A ft e r
t h e s p i r i t u a l conferences had
e n d ed , and the s p i r i tual m en got
o ut , t h e y d id take the house all
o own and apart . · · and e a c h one w a s
a l l o w e d t o rest from a l l s oc i a l
i nt e r c ours e for s even d ays , and
a ft e r t h e s ev e n d ay s had pas s e d
t h e old m e n began t o v is it them
s e parat e ly t o l e arn from t h em
a l l t h e y saw wh i l e b e ing f i l l e d
w i th t h e s p i r it .
T h i s t h e young
m e n found t o r e q u i r e a long t ime
to ac c ompl i s h as t h e o ld men were
o b l i g e d to go t hrough the e xam
i nat i on by mak ing inqu i r i e s o f
t hem s e parat e ly and t h e n c ompare
the r e ports from t hem s o t hat a l l
t h i n�s be learn ed as i n o n e m i n d .
( L i fe & T rad i t i o n s o f t h e R e dman
by J o s e ph N i c o l ar -Pg s 4 3 , 44 , 4 5 )
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On May 2 , 1 9 7 2 t h e r e w i ll be a
m o nt h ly gov e rnor & c o un c i l me et
ing . One o f t h e t o p i c s o f d is
c us s i on w i l l b e land c la ims for
t h e Penobsc ot tr i be . At a Spe c ial
m e e t i ng held last Thurs day , A pr i l
2 0 , T o m T u r e e n e x p l a i n e d t h e land
c la im s and �ave a l i tt l e h i s t o ry
o n how t h e Ma ine I nd ians �ot
H e has been � iv e n t h e
s c r e wed .
go ahe ad by t h e governor to con
t a c t Jam e s Mu rphy and a c q u i re
what e v e r in format i on h e has , and
b r i n g it to the Govern or & c o un c i l
on May 2 . T h i s w i l l be a very
i m p o rt an t m e e t i n g . a nd a l l int e r
e st e d members o f t h e tribe s hou ld
be t h e re to e xpre s s t h e ir o p i n i on .
A ny p e r s on who want s t o a s k a
q u e s t i on o f the Govern or & c oun
c i l and d o e s not want to ask i�
h im s e l f c an write the que s t i o n
d own on a p i ec e o f pa p er and g i v e
it t o o n e o f t h e c oun c i l members
who in turn w i l l � r ea d it o f f b e
fore the gove rnor & c o unc i l .
Th is can be done
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any one ' s l i fe i n c lud i n g t h e W in
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all owe d t o eat h e r any more fooct
from the l and .
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at i on and t h e T r i b a l C ounc i l have
e a c h d onat e d $ 2 0 0 . for t h e U n i t y
C onvent i o n t o h e l p w it h t he food .
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U n ive rs i t y C hr i s t ian Moveme nt
gave $ 6 1 6 . t o the U n ity C onvent i on
t o pay for t h e e xp�ns e s o f T h omas
Banya c a ( Ho p i ) and B e eman Logan ·
t o c ome t o t h e C onvent i o n . /
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re lat e d t o t h e s e cu r i t y o f t h e
N at i on .
Jud ge O r o n o fe l t t hat t he
Pe o p l e are b e c om ing lax in t h e
prot e c t ing o f t h e Land .
I f th is
c o nt i nu e s t h e Nat i on w i l l be in
s e c ure and vu l n e rab l e and t h e land .
w i l l b e t ak e n away .
Jud ge Orono
said t hat t w o s t e ps w i l l be t ak e n
t o r � turn t h e prot e c t i o� t 9 t h e
Land .
Jud g e Orono out l in e d t h e pro
c e dure wh i c h w i l l c omme n c e at the
c Ho � ing of the c· ourt , as fo l l ows :.
( 1 ) A l l p e rs ons l iv ing on t h e
Land w i l l b e - id e nt i f i e d and � �
re c o gn i z e d as Pro t e c t o r s o f t h e
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Doug & C onn i e Bradway , S pr in� fi e ld
t o h e lp w i t h t he expe n � e s , and are
on sale at the N ews l et t - r O f f i c e .
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the oth e r is MARSH I S LAND IS
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Land who d o n o t w i s h t o be i
d e nt i fi ed a n d r e c o gn i z e d a s
Pro t e c t o r s o f t h e Land _ w i l l be
as k e d to l P. ave .
P e rs ons l e av ing t h e l and w i l l .
be ,Q; i v e n a l l t h e a s s i s t e nc e · n e e d ed
by t h e Pe o pl e t o mak e t h e pas s age .
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A t O u r s ix Nat i on s I roqu o i_s C o n fe d e racy . C ounc i l h e ld in . March 1 9 7 2 ,
it was brought t o our att e nt i o n a v e ry s e r i o us mat t e r re gard ing the
d ra ft i n g �nd i n c arc e rat i on of N at ive N o rth A m e r i c ans ( T h e Or i g ina l
P e o p l e o f t h e Am� r i c as ) , who ob j e c t t o part i c i pat i on i n ad h e r i ng t o
t h e un l �w fu l pra c t i c e o f d r�ft ing for warfare .
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d ra ft i n g a n d j " a i1. i ng b f nat -'ive nat i o ns who re fus e t o part i c i pat e i n
t h e fi rm e d Forc e s o f t h e Un i t ed S fat e s .
Pe rhaps t h e T r e at i·e s b e t w e e n our nat i ons have be e n forgott e n · by many
d u r i n g th e y e a rs , o r· pe rhaps t h e s e matt e rs ar e ent ire ly unkn own and
But t o u s ,
are t h e re fore unaware o f by many of your adm in i s t rat i o n .
w e have c are fu l ly re memb e r e d your arrangeme nt s i n t h e T re aty o f Ghent ,
re gard i ng our nat i on s .
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1 8 14 · , . wher e i. n t h e Un i t e d S t at e s and Great Br i t a i n r e s t o r e d a l l t r i b e s
and · h a t i on s b f Ind i ans · fo t h e i r s ev e r e i gn r i �ht s t hat t h e y had pre
v i ou s l y e n j oy e d pr � o r · t 9 1 8 1 1- prov id i n g that suc h t r i b e s and nat i ons
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w e re n e v e r t o e ngage · i n warfare .
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1 1 , Part s 1 1 1 , lV and V , wh i c h c o nt a in s t h e many , manv p e ac e t re at i e s
w i t h nat ive nat i on s , wh e re i n t h e nat ive nat i on s w e re p l e d ge d neve r t o
t ak e u p a rm s aga i n .
A l s o p l e as e r e fe r t o your .8 2 nd C ongre s s , Pub l i c
Law 4 14 , C ha p 4 7 7 , 2 nd S e s s i on r e gard i n � " A l i en R e � i s t rat i o n A c t " ,
wh i c h s t at e s t h at an Ame r i can I nd ian born in Ganada d oe s not n e e d a
v i s a t o e n t e r t h e U n i t e d S t at e s and for t hat reas on d o e s not n e e d t o
r e g i s t e r as a n a l i e n eve ry January .
T h �.s A c t · ha s prov i d ed . t h e Or i �- ·
i n a l P e o p l e o f N orth Ame r i c ans w i t h N o rt h Ame r i c art C it i z e ns h i p · p e r ·
s e , and t h e d ra ft i n g and inc arc e rat i ng � � nat ive nat i o ns , w e c on� i d e�
t h e re fore t o be i l l e ga l and un j us t .
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you n e v e r got i n c la s s , e t c .
h i s bre ast .
H i s l e gs w e re c h o p
p e d w it h t h e t omahawk , h i s han d s
c ut o ff , a n d f ina l ly a r i f l e - b a l l
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d i s c harge d t o h i s m outh , s o t hat
s e tt l e Ame r i c a , it was e s t imat e d
h i s h e ad was b l own t o at oms , and
that t h e r e w e r e about 1 , 1 0 0 , 0 0 0
t h e bra ins w e re s p las h e d aga i n s t
I nd i an s in N or t h Ame r i c a n o rth o f
a n d y e t hangi ng t o t h e wa l l f o r
Mex i c o .
B y 1 8 7 0 t he re w e r e 2 5 , 7 3 1
thre e o f four fe e t around .
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o f t h e s e pe o p l e l e ft .
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man ' s han d s and fe e t had b e e n
the e ar l i e s t e x am p l e o f t h e c om pas - c ho ppe d o ff w it h t h e t omahawk . I n
s i on and fa i r p lay t hat w e r e t o b et h i s man n e r lay t h e who l e o f t hem
come the U n it e d St at e s of Ame r i c a ' s m e n , wome n , and ch i l d r e n , s pr e ad
found i ng pr i n c i p l e s c an be found i n about t h e pri s on yard , s hot , s c a l p
the ac t i o n s of C hr i s t o ph e r C o lumbus , e d , hac k e d , and cut to p i e c e s . "
who re pa i d t h e fr i e nd ly p e o p l e o f
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ing 5 0 0 o f t h em t o be s o l d i nt o
I nd i a n T e rr i t o ry w a s d i s c ov e re d t o
s lave ry i n S pa i n .
W i t h i n 1 0 ye ars
be d e s i rab l e farm and ranc h land ,
of t h e f i r s t wh i t e land ings , the
G e n e ra l S h e r i d an , who s e o rd er s
Ind i an p o pu lat i on o f Pu ert o R i c o
w e r e t o " pac i fy " t h e are a , c on s i d had b e e n r e du c e d b y about n in e t y
e re d " th e re a r e no go od I nd ians
pe rc e nt .
but d e ad I nd ians . "
G e neral C us t e r
I n h e r b o ok A C e ntury o f D i s honor was pre t t y muc h o f t h e s ame o p i n
H e l e n Hunt Jac k s on re lat e d not only
i on . He c ons i d e re d t h e I nd i an " • •
an e n d l e s s v i o lat i o n o f t r e at i e s
. a s avage i n eve ry s e ns e o f t h e
w ith t he I nd ians b y Fat h e r Wash ing- word • • • o n e wh os e c ru e l and fero
t on , but she a l s o r e c ount e d s e v e ra l c i ou s nature far e x c e e d s t hat o f
o f the num e ro u s mas s a c r e s o f I nd ians any w i ld beas t o f t h e d e s e rt • • • I n
that w e re c ommon p lac e o c c u rre n c e s
h im w e w i l l f i nd t h e re pre s e n t at ive
through out the growt h of t h i s nat i on . o f • • • a rac e i n ca pab l e o f b e ing
One mas s ac re t o ok p lac e i n 1 7 6 3 n e ar j udged by the ru l e s o r laws · · appl i c
Ph i lad e l ph i a , wh e n a gang o f wh it e s ab l e t o any o t h e r k nown rac e o f
known a s t h e Pax t o n Boys d e s c e n d e d
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upon a v i l l age o f fr i e nd l y C on e s t o ga
Ind ian s , and l a i d was t e t o t h e s ix
" In our i nt e rc ours e w ith t h e
Ind ians t h e y found a t h om e -thre e m e n I nd ians , it mus t a lways be b o rn e
t w o wom e n , and a b o y .
"The s e poor
i n m i nd t hat w e are t h e m o s t pow
d e fe n s e l e s s c r e at u r e s w e r e imme d i - e rfu l party .
W e are as s um i ng , and
I t h ink w it h pro pr i e t y , t hat our
at e ly f i re d upon , s t abbed , and
c iv i l i z at i on o ught to t ak e t h e
hat c h e t e d to d e ath • • • A l l o f t h em
plac e of the i r barbarous hab i t s .
were s c a l p and ot h e rwi s e-· ·horr ib ly
W e t.h e � !3 .f.o:re c la im the r i ght t o
mangl e d , t h e n t h e i � 11ut s w e re s et
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and we ·a s s ume · t hat i t i s our duty
d own . 1 1
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ed up by the aut h o r it i e s and plac e d hab it s and c us t om s . " - C o lumbus
D e lano , S e c re t ary of ··t h e I nt e r i or
in the Lan c as t e r j a i 1 for 1 1 s a fe in h i s a nnua l r e p o rt for 18 72 .
ke e p i ng . "
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The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. <br /><br />A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: <em>Life and Traditions of the Red Man</em> (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana.<br /><br />The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office.<br /><br /><strong>Resources</strong><br /><br />Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a><br /><a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a><br /><br />
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The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. <br /><br />A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: <em>Life and Traditions of the Red Man</em> (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana.<br /><br />The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office.<br /><br /><strong>Resources</strong><br /><br />Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a><br /><a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a><br /><br />
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An account of the resource
The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. <br /><br />A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: <em>Life and Traditions of the Red Man</em> (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana.<br /><br />The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office.<br /><br /><strong>Resources</strong><br /><br />Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a><br /><a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a><br /><br />
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ssipsis (Thompson, Eugenia)
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Penobscot
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An account of the resource
The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. <br /><br />A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: <em>Life and Traditions of the Red Man</em> (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana.<br /><br />The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office.<br /><br /><strong>Resources</strong><br /><br />Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a><br /><a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a><br /><br />
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Title
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<em>Maine Indian Newsletter</em> (Feb. 1972)
Creator
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ssipsis (Thompson, Eugenia)
Source
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Bowdoin College
Date
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1972-02
Contributor
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Siobhan Senier
Rights
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Digital images courtesy of Bowdoin College Library. In making these images available, we also consulted with ssipsis’ daughter, Pam Outdusis Cunningham.
Language
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English
Type
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Document
Date Available
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June 3, 2016
Format
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pdf
Identifier
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DV-372
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Penobscot
Description
An account of the resource
The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. <br /><br />A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: <em>Life and Traditions of the Red Man</em> (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana.<br /><br />The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office.<br /><br /><strong>Resources</strong><br /><br />Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a><br /><a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a><br /><br />
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
<em>Maine Indian Newsletter</em> (Jan. 1972)
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
ssipsis (Thompson, Eugenia)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1972-01
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Siobhan Senier
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Digital images courtesy of Bowdoin College Library. In making these images available, we also consulted with ssipsis’ daughter, Pam Outdusis Cunningham.
Language
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English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Document
Date Available
Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available.
January 3, 2016
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Bowdoin College
Format
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pdf
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DV-371
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https://dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/878247b18b389dfa43a796dc526483fb.pdf
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PDF Text
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Penobscot
Description
An account of the resource
The Penobscot people, who identify closely with the Penobscot River that is their home, have a reservation on Indian Island, near Old Town, Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, they were among the tribes that won federal recognition in the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. <br /><br />A Penobscot scholar, Joseph Nicolar, was one of the first regional Native people to publish a book: <em>Life and Traditions of the Red Man</em> (1890). Since then, many others have written about their language and culture, including the performing artist Molly Spotted Elk and poet Carol Dana.<br /><br />The Penobscots have a rigorous process for protecting their intellectual property, asking any scholars who are studying or writing about them to communicate with their Cultural Heritage and Preservation Office.<br /><br /><strong>Resources</strong><br /><br />Penobscot Nation <a href="https://www.penobscotnation.org/" target="_blank">website</a><br /><a href="http://www.penobscotculture.com/" target="_blank">Penobscot National Cultural & Historic Preservation Department</a><br /><br />
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
<em>Maine Indian Newsletter</em> (Winter 1971)
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
ssipsis (Thompson, Eugenia)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Bowdoin College
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1971
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Siobhan Senier
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Digital images courtesy of Bowdoin College Library. In making these images available, we also consulted with ssipsis’ daughter, Pam Outdusis Cunningham.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Document
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
June 3, 2016
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
pdf
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DV-370